Bachelor's degree · Social sciences · CIP 45.11
Sociology: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 891 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Sociology, together awarding 24,380 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $40,567 one year after finishing and $55,292 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $22,716 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
891
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
24,380
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$40,567
384 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$55,292
475 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$22,716
342 reporting
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Colleges with a bachelor's in Sociology
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 658 | $39,566 | $69,151 | $11,000 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara · Public | CA | 650 | $40,249 | $66,040 | $9,825 |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge · Public | CA | 381 | $40,801 | $55,310 | $13,533 |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton · Public | CA | 330 | $40,907 | $58,907 | $12,500 |
| California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 319 | $39,332 | $54,907 | $12,500 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 315 | $39,389 | $57,282 | $12,500 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento · Public | CA | 285 | $43,686 | $61,461 | $16,624 |
| California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino · Public | CA | 282 | $37,798 | $56,150 | $13,500 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 273 | $48,113 | $75,575 | $10,313 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 256 | $40,934 | $66,042 | $11,000 |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside · Public | CA | 252 | $36,034 | $62,149 | $14,981 |
| California State University-San Marcos San Marcos · Public | CA | 245 | $42,251 | $57,943 | $18,391 |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 233 | $37,841 | $60,983 | $10,000 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 215 | $44,946 | $68,440 | $12,500 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale · Public | AZ | 203 | $47,466 | $57,111 | $22,727 |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 194 | n/a | $72,702 | $12,750 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 193 | $40,717 | $57,347 | $12,500 |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson · Public | CA | 187 | $40,200 | $55,020 | $14,524 |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder · Public | CO | 181 | $45,929 | $67,304 | $19,500 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 176 | $42,456 | $59,285 | $16,770 |
| CUNY Hunter College New York · Public | NY | 175 | $42,477 | $61,361 | $10,000 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 170 | $42,555 | $61,669 | $16,750 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz · Public | CA | 170 | $40,718 | $61,614 | $14,000 |
| California State University-Chico Chico · Public | CA | 168 | $43,158 | $57,047 | $17,313 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 165 | $42,067 | $63,678 | $21,500 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 164 | $37,982 | $59,136 | $12,175 |
| California State University-East Bay Hayward · Public | CA | 161 | $47,391 | $67,226 | $17,858 |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno · Public | CA | 155 | $38,362 | $49,029 | $11,000 |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 154 | $38,561 | $57,411 | $19,099 |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 153 | $41,217 | $58,530 | $12,500 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge · Public | LA | 151 | $32,521 | $58,312 | $20,939 |
| University of Oregon Eugene · Public | OR | 148 | $39,891 | $60,016 | $20,417 |
| CUNY Queens College Queens · Public | NY | 145 | $37,036 | $63,083 | $11,000 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 142 | $44,009 | $63,183 | $20,500 |
| California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield · Public | CA | 137 | $41,111 | $60,821 | $16,750 |
| California State University-Stanislaus Turlock · Public | CA | 132 | $35,333 | $55,468 | $14,084 |
| CUNY Lehman College Bronx · Public | NY | 129 | $45,386 | $57,568 | $12,000 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 129 | $43,224 | $63,911 | $21,500 |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook · Public | NY | 126 | $35,634 | $67,939 | $20,774 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte · Public | NC | 122 | $39,579 | $56,817 | $20,101 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 119 | $44,361 | $58,505 | $21,500 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 119 | $36,687 | $62,062 | $17,500 |
| Georgia State University Atlanta · Public | GA | 118 | $39,012 | $54,300 | $31,000 |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco · Public | CA | 118 | $47,995 | $69,087 | $15,000 |
| University at Albany Albany · Public | NY | 116 | $40,677 | $63,494 | $23,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembroke Pembroke · Public | NC | 115 | $37,430 | $47,298 | $25,000 |
| Western Washington University Bellingham · Public | WA | 114 | $36,383 | $56,094 | $16,665 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 111 | $41,736 | $60,280 | $14,000 |
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 110 | $41,931 | $51,359 | $19,384 |
| California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo · Public | CA | 109 | $43,644 | $56,909 | $14,000 |
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Quick facts: Sociology
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Sociology?
- The College Scorecard lists 891 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Sociology.
- How much do Sociology graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $40,567 one year after graduation (384 institutions reporting) and $55,292 five years after graduation (475 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Sociology graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Harvard University ($126,624), Columbia University in the City of New York ($107,522), University of Notre Dame ($101,395), Northwestern University ($99,295), and Barnard College ($97,190).
- How much student debt do Sociology graduates have?
- The median institution's Sociology graduates leave with $22,716 in federal student loans (342 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Sociology degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of California-Los Angeles (658), University of California-Santa Barbara (650), California State University-Northridge (381), California State University-Fullerton (330), and California State University-Los Angeles (319).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Sociology (CIP code 45.11), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.