Sociology: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of sociology graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 406 colleges. National median: $40,677, rising to $52,564 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Cornell University	NY	$70,733	$73,200	$10,250
2	Dartmouth College	NH	$67,796	$81,722	$10,911
3	Duke University	NC	$67,720	$61,425	—
4	Princeton University	NJ	$66,007	$80,886	—
5	Gettysburg College	PA	$59,905	$76,197	$26,795
6	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$59,638	$101,536	$20,750
7	George Washington University	DC	$58,458	$78,857	—
8	Emory University	GA	$58,398	$62,581	$12,000
9	Colgate University	NY	$56,053	$68,354	—
10	Tufts University	MA	$55,788	$61,719	$16,489
11	Northwestern University	IL	$55,251	$75,267	—
12	University of Notre Dame	IN	$54,923	$69,704	$19,250
13	Middlebury College	VT	$54,900	$58,241	—
14	Wellesley College	MA	$54,351	—	—
15	American Public University System	WV	$53,913	$54,432	$19,599
16	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	NY	$53,911	—	$15,500
17	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$53,595	$68,538	$19,369
18	Saint Leo University	FL	$52,582	$50,231	$30,601
19	Harvard University	MA	$52,477	$126,624	—
20	National University	CA	$51,370	$64,860	$25,000
21	University of Houston-Downtown	TX	$50,849	$46,106	$18,750
22	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$50,525	$72,217	—
23	Bowdoin College	ME	$50,091	—	—
24	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$49,976	$54,785	$27,000
25	The University of Texas Permian Basin	TX	$49,886	—	—
26	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$49,788	$55,361	$21,500
27	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	WI	$49,744	$45,741	$21,000
28	University of Chicago	IL	$49,650	—	—
29	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$49,630	$68,260	—
30	Georgetown University	DC	$49,561	$73,297	$12,400
31	Boston College	MA	$49,279	$70,121	$19,000
32	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$49,193	$58,394	$22,818
33	George Mason University	VA	$49,102	$64,603	$14,000
34	South Dakota State University	SD	$48,993	$51,910	$26,300
35	Northeastern Illinois University	IL	$48,971	$53,747	—
36	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	NY	$48,963	$56,704	—
37	The University of Arizona Global Campus	AZ	$48,948	$51,004	$32,294
38	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$48,928	$49,619	$17,750
39	Rhode Island College	RI	$48,925	$59,643	$16,450
40	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$48,846	$50,847	$18,250
41	Mount Holyoke College	MA	$48,698	$62,313	$23,000
42	Fordham University	NY	$48,675	$71,581	$21,500
43	Boston University	MA	$48,548	$63,791	$17,250
44	St. Mary's College of Maryland	MD	$48,301	$58,542	—
45	Suffolk University	MA	$48,267	$61,032	$27,000
46	University of San Francisco	CA	$48,233	$61,883	$25,000
47	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$48,113	$71,363	$10,306
48	San Francisco State University	CA	$47,995	$62,385	$15,000
49	Sonoma State University	CA	$47,971	$56,581	$15,198
50	Brandeis University	MA	$47,967	$65,481	$16,250
51	Wake Forest University	NC	$47,913	$60,635	$19,500
52	CUNY York College	NY	$47,720	$59,899	—
53	Gustavus Adolphus College	MN	$47,497	—	—
54	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$47,466	$54,611	$19,253
55	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$47,466	$54,611	$19,253
56	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$47,425	$61,149	$17,925
57	California State University-East Bay	CA	$47,391	$62,427	$16,500
58	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	PA	$47,263	$54,329	$23,488
59	Brigham Young University	UT	$47,257	$60,277	$13,500
60	Central Washington University	WA	$46,865	$63,608	$15,184
61	Emmanuel College	MA	$46,807	—	—
62	St Lawrence University	NY	$46,570	$55,659	$21,875
63	Dominican University	IL	$46,562	$54,686	$24,671
64	Worcester State University	MA	$46,491	$47,754	$17,339
65	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$46,395	$69,883	$14,750
66	SUNY College at Potsdam	NY	$46,389	$51,086	—
67	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	NY	$46,336	$51,979	—
68	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$46,288	$50,136	—
69	University of Portland	OR	$46,127	$62,749	—
70	McKendree University	IL	$46,025	$52,428	$18,500
71	Syracuse University	NY	$46,011	$67,044	$21,500
72	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$45,929	$58,026	$19,500
73	Providence College	RI	$45,865	$64,750	$27,000
74	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$45,840	$64,642	$24,162
75	University of North Dakota	ND	$45,680	$49,665	$21,375
76	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$45,676	$56,690	$19,000
77	SUNY Old Westbury	NY	$45,663	$49,308	$18,250
78	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	$45,638	$50,737	$22,606
79	University of Redlands	CA	$45,514	$62,516	$22,118
80	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$45,386	$54,906	$11,112
81	Saint Louis University	MO	$45,210	—	—
82	University of Maine	ME	$45,109	$58,217	—
83	Kennesaw State University	GA	$45,045	$52,125	$24,081
84	Vermont State University	VT	$45,037	$39,174	—
85	University of Northern Colorado	CO	$44,985	$48,154	$21,950
86	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$44,946	$60,292	$11,994
87	Western Colorado University	CO	$44,685	$57,359	$25,034
88	University of Connecticut	CT	$44,664	$59,684	$18,500
89	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$44,664	$59,684	$18,500
90	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$44,664	$59,684	$18,500
91	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$44,664	$59,684	$18,500
92	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$44,664	$59,684	$18,500
93	Albertus Magnus College	CT	$44,659	$55,777	$31,625
94	Texas State University	TX	$44,649	$53,434	$20,854
95	Pacific Lutheran University	WA	$44,648	$59,853	$20,875
96	University of Utah	UT	$44,621	$50,087	$17,050
97	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$44,531	$65,974	$14,000
98	Central College	IA	$44,497	$51,996	$25,125
99	Fort Hays State University	KS	$44,430	$44,405	$27,554
100	Michigan State University	MI	$44,361	$62,204	$21,500
101	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$44,349	$53,962	$16,361
102	Marquette University	WI	$44,246	$57,131	$21,000
103	University of Michigan-Flint	MI	$44,132	$53,484	—
104	Florida International University	FL	$44,065	$47,538	$16,129
105	Stonehill College	MA	$44,062	—	—
106	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$44,009	$57,300	$19,000
107	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	$43,923	$52,094	$11,954
108	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	PA	$43,918	$49,197	$24,211
109	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$43,918	$49,197	$24,211
110	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$43,856	$54,401	$16,250
111	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$43,855	$45,674	$20,000
112	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$43,771	$51,801	$13,300
113	Fayetteville State University	NC	$43,714	$43,889	$17,521
114	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$43,686	$56,886	$16,007
115	California State University-Channel Islands	CA	$43,644	$56,855	$13,496
116	Northeastern State University	OK	$43,624	$44,367	—
117	University of Louisville	KY	$43,605	$50,397	$16,500
118	Sam Houston State University	TX	$43,602	$42,152	$25,000
119	Keene State College	NH	$43,572	$47,885	$23,250
120	CUNY City College	NY	$43,369	$55,683	—
121	DePaul University	IL	$43,367	$52,791	$24,999
122	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$43,363	$49,486	$20,280
123	University of La Verne	CA	$43,325	$61,350	$26,250
124	Vanguard University of Southern California	CA	$43,317	—	$25,000
125	Columbia College	MO	$43,225	$49,542	—
126	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$43,224	$58,807	$20,500
127	California State University-Chico	CA	$43,158	$52,323	$15,509
128	Eastern Connecticut State University	CT	$43,145	$55,084	$18,625
129	Northern Illinois University	IL	$43,103	$58,023	$24,585
130	Montana State University	MT	$42,944	$48,273	$18,030
131	Hamline University	MN	$42,933	$46,877	—
132	Ohio University-Eastern Campus	OH	$42,879	$51,312	$21,720
133	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	OH	$42,879	$51,312	$21,720
134	Ohio University-Southern Campus	OH	$42,879	$51,312	$21,720
135	Ohio University-Lancaster Campus	OH	$42,879	$51,312	$21,720
136	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$42,879	$51,312	$21,720
137	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	OH	$42,879	$51,312	$21,720
138	University of Denver	CO	$42,753	$78,378	$20,500
139	SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	$42,735	$65,234	$21,780
140	Clemson University	SC	$42,696	$54,780	$18,687
141	University of Pittsburgh-Bradford	PA	$42,680	$51,654	$21,375
142	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	PA	$42,680	$51,654	$21,375
143	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$42,680	$51,654	$21,375
144	Portland State University	OR	$42,662	$53,753	$18,384
145	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$42,555	$55,072	$17,718
146	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$42,477	$57,965	$10,000
147	Utah State University	UT	$42,467	$49,861	$15,500
148	Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus	OH	$42,458	$50,457	$17,513
149	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$42,458	$50,457	$17,513
150	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$42,456	$57,857	$15,000
151	Wartburg College	IA	$42,452	—	$27,000
152	University of Southern California	CA	$42,444	$70,555	$18,125
153	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	$42,433	$51,421	$22,072
154	Whitworth University	WA	$42,342	$57,755	$23,225
155	Kean University	NJ	$42,308	$51,122	$21,008
156	Wayne State University	MI	$42,293	$55,499	$27,000
157	University of Rhode Island	RI	$42,263	$53,802	—
158	California State University-San Marcos	CA	$42,251	$53,287	$16,281
159	James Madison University	VA	$42,238	$48,774	$20,250
160	Mount Saint Mary's University	CA	$42,175	$59,575	$26,000
161	Framingham State University	MA	$42,148	$49,451	$23,250
162	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$42,067	$63,654	$20,500
163	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$42,026	$48,528	$18,380
164	University of Central Florida	FL	$41,931	$52,197	$17,588
165	Texas Woman's University	TX	$41,883	$52,196	$19,600
166	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$41,864	$63,583	$19,500
167	SUNY Buffalo State University	NY	$41,840	$49,595	$22,912
168	Longwood University	VA	$41,812	$45,204	$20,500
169	Shepherd University	WV	$41,791	$63,412	—
170	Grinnell College	IA	$41,748	$68,372	$8,449
171	University of Florida	FL	$41,736	$51,039	$12,712
172	University of Florida-Online	FL	$41,736	$51,039	$12,712
173	Southern Methodist University	TX	$41,728	—	—
174	University of Nebraska at Omaha	NE	$41,708	$47,763	$20,943
175	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$41,639	$48,451	$24,750
176	Assumption University	MA	$41,585	$67,635	$27,000
177	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$41,557	$51,618	—
178	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	$41,483	$63,707	—
179	The University of Montana	MT	$41,470	$51,708	$25,500
180	Southern Connecticut State University	CT	$41,407	$52,249	$19,500
181	Grand Valley State University	MI	$41,378	$48,664	$21,500
182	Illinois State University	IL	$41,245	$51,000	$20,500
183	University of California-San Diego	CA	$41,217	$55,534	$12,000
184	California State University-Bakersfield	CA	$41,111	$52,618	$16,750
185	Florida State University	FL	$41,076	$50,612	$16,750
186	University of Georgia	GA	$41,053	$61,124	$16,606
187	Colorado State University Pueblo	CO	$41,038	$48,962	$20,250
188	McDaniel College	MD	$40,958	$55,851	$25,000
189	Bridgewater State University	MA	$40,955	$54,224	$24,750
190	Southern University and A & M College	LA	$40,945	$43,844	$26,125
191	Southern University Law Center	LA	$40,945	$43,844	$26,125
192	University of California-Davis	CA	$40,934	$59,171	$11,000
193	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$40,907	$50,922	$13,300
194	Ithaca College	NY	$40,870	$38,727	$24,250
195	SUNY Brockport	NY	$40,848	$47,738	$20,500
196	California State University-Northridge	CA	$40,801	$54,500	$12,500
197	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$40,718	$55,338	$13,500
198	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	$40,717	$52,694	$12,500
199	Hobart William Smith Colleges	NY	$40,683	$67,556	—
200	Smith College	MA	$40,682	$58,664	$11,612
201	Hartwick College	NY	$40,682	$65,765	$26,850
202	University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	$40,681	$39,878	—
203	University at Albany	NY	$40,677	$57,508	$20,254
204	University of Iowa	IA	$40,663	$54,464	$23,194
205	University of North Texas at Dallas	TX	$40,638	$53,689	$21,650
206	Saint Norbert College	WI	$40,634	$48,357	$21,488
207	John Carroll University	OH	$40,614	$57,173	$22,109
208	Moravian University	PA	$40,579	$62,315	$26,250
209	Austin Peay State University	TN	$40,555	$43,612	$21,750
210	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$40,554	$50,983	$18,625
211	Lamar University	TX	$40,553	$44,286	$31,044
212	Brigham Young University-Idaho	ID	$40,546	$34,726	$11,694
213	Jacksonville University	FL	$40,473	$53,457	—
214	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	CO	$40,440	$46,444	$23,000
215	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	MD	$40,398	$46,314	—
216	Salem State University	MA	$40,365	$51,573	—
217	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$40,333	$44,082	$19,000
218	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$40,256	$48,175	$25,000
219	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$40,249	$60,013	$10,000
220	Augustana College	IL	$40,218	$57,943	—
221	Western Carolina University	NC	$40,218	$46,195	$21,655
222	William Paterson University of New Jersey	NJ	$40,202	$53,253	$23,196
223	California State University-Dominguez Hills	CA	$40,200	$55,100	$13,449
224	Franklin and Marshall College	PA	$40,197	$63,251	—
225	University of California-Merced	CA	$40,165	$50,468	$12,898
226	Louisiana Tech University	LA	$40,075	$44,192	—
227	Old Dominion University	VA	$40,055	$53,734	$23,250
228	American University	DC	$39,978	$72,925	$27,000
229	Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus	NM	$39,969	—	$22,125
230	Western Michigan University	MI	$39,938	$51,835	—
231	University of Oregon	OR	$39,891	$55,204	$19,500
232	Washington State University	WA	$39,882	$57,846	$18,918
233	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$39,823	$58,007	$18,750
234	Bloomfield College of Montclair State University	NJ	$39,820	$52,053	$23,750
235	Montclair State University	NJ	$39,820	$52,053	$23,750
236	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$39,702	$55,197	$17,750
237	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$39,702	$55,197	$17,750
238	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$39,702	$55,197	$17,750
239	California Baptist University	CA	$39,645	$54,060	$25,500
240	Clark Atlanta University	GA	$39,619	—	—
241	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$39,579	$49,765	$18,500
242	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$39,566	$64,692	$11,856
243	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$39,557	$36,421	—
244	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$39,530	$56,463	$19,175
245	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	WI	$39,512	$50,827	—
246	Stockton University	NJ	$39,483	$47,201	$19,000
247	University of Central Arkansas	AR	$39,455	$40,873	$23,250
248	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$39,389	$51,982	$11,956
249	University of Central Oklahoma	OK	$39,382	$48,562	$22,500
250	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$39,332	$50,249	$12,500
251	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$39,255	$52,564	—
252	Howard University	DC	$39,116	—	$21,000
253	Georgia State University	GA	$39,012	$49,333	$27,898
254	East Texas A&M University	TX	$38,997	$45,301	—
255	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	PA	$38,961	$47,851	$29,000
256	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$38,951	$47,841	$27,250
257	University of North Texas	TX	$38,898	$49,257	$20,000
258	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$38,857	$53,696	$15,000
259	Texas A&M University-San Antonio	TX	$38,838	$45,191	$21,750
260	University of North Florida	FL	$38,753	$44,152	$19,057
261	The University of Tampa	FL	$38,712	$57,474	$18,000
262	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$38,671	$52,142	$16,502
263	University of Mount Saint Vincent	NY	$38,662	$61,964	$24,500
264	Stephen F Austin State University	TX	$38,661	$47,148	—
265	Gonzaga University	WA	$38,660	$62,626	$17,927
266	Kansas State University	KS	$38,635	$51,237	$24,406
267	University of San Diego	CA	$38,621	$54,338	$19,500
268	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$38,610	$53,635	$19,500
269	University at Buffalo	NY	$38,561	$54,382	$15,500
270	William & Mary	VA	$38,559	$87,655	$15,000
271	University of Kansas	KS	$38,518	$48,146	$17,949
272	East Tennessee State University	TN	$38,484	$36,966	$15,500
273	Morgan State University	MD	$38,477	$52,116	$27,000
274	CUNY Brooklyn College	NY	$38,467	$65,606	—
275	State University of New York at New Paltz	NY	$38,376	$51,290	$22,266
276	California State University-Fresno	CA	$38,362	$49,407	$11,000
277	Seattle Pacific University	WA	$38,356	$46,974	$21,503
278	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	$38,349	$48,591	$21,000
279	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$38,292	$45,866	$20,500
280	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$38,290	$55,393	$14,712
281	Flagler College	FL	$38,187	—	—
282	University of Idaho	ID	$38,127	$51,873	$11,449
283	San Diego State University	CA	$37,982	$53,387	$12,337
284	Oregon State University	OR	$37,928	$56,865	$18,000
285	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$37,928	$56,865	$18,000
286	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$37,887	$51,465	$24,000
287	University of California-Irvine	CA	$37,841	$56,457	$10,000
288	Georgia Southern University	GA	$37,836	$42,305	$18,000
289	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	PA	$37,834	$50,984	$21,500
290	Binghamton University	NY	$37,812	$64,797	$21,000
291	California State University-San Bernardino	CA	$37,798	$48,954	$12,500
292	Purdue University Northwest	IN	$37,796	$48,830	—
293	Oakland University	MI	$37,697	$47,873	$18,375
294	Tennessee Technological University	TN	$37,646	$42,830	$14,774
295	Western Kentucky University	KY	$37,641	$43,520	$22,633
296	Winthrop University	SC	$37,547	$47,178	$25,000
297	University of West Georgia	GA	$37,535	$47,412	$26,000
298	Christopher Newport University	VA	$37,497	$55,057	$22,875
299	State University of New York at Cortland	NY	$37,447	$53,524	$20,001
300	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$37,430	$56,960	$21,382

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do sociology graduates earn?

The median college reports $40,677 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in sociology and $52,564 four years after. The highest is $70,733 at Cornell University.

How much student debt do sociology graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $20,500 at the typical college.