Best Social programs in New York, ranked by enrollment
Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of a social service program or community outreach organization.
146 schools in New York run programs that feed this job, graduating 25,103 people a year. The job pays a median of $95,980 in New York across about 19,340 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in New York that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
10 programs in New York that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in New York (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New York page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 52.0201In New York → | 14,340 | 57.1% | 138 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 2 | CIP 44.0701In New York → | 5,167 | 20.6% | 35 | $37,264 | $26,140 |
| 3 | CIP 52.0101In New York → | 1,654 | 6.6% | 30 | $44,700 | $24,000 |
| 4 | CIP 44.0401In New York → | 1,554 | 6.2% | 23 | $45,374 | $26,000 |
| 5 | CIP 44.0000In New York → | 1,235 | 4.9% | 43 | $35,168 | $29,279 |
| 6 | Community Organization and Advocacymain feeder CIP 44.0201In New York → | 474 | 1.9% | 14 | $39,102 | $27,000 |
| 7 | CIP 30.1701In New York → | 431 | 1.7% | 7 | $36,206 | $29,240 |
| 8 | CIP 52.0206In New York → | 105 | 0.4% | 10 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 9 | CIP 44.0799In New York → | 103 | 0.4% | 1 | $37,264 | $26,140 |
| 10 | CIP 44.0702In New York → | 40 | 0.2% | 1 | $37,264 | $26,140 |
Top 25 schools in New York
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 103 of the 146 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 1,049 | Social Work | — | 96% | $15,315 | 4% |
| 2 | University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 986 | Business Administration and Management, General | $43,805 | 75% | — | 74% |
| 3 | Empire State University Saratoga Springs, NY Public · 6 feeder programs | 951 | Business/Commerce, General | $57,225 | 41% | — | — |
| 4 | Fordham University Bronx, NY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 940 | Social Work | — | 82% | $38,931 | 59% |
| 5 | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 908 | Business Administration and Management, General | $43,329 | 76% | — | 49% |
| 6 | New York University New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 776 | Social Work | $26,837 | 88% | $29,023 | 9% |
| 7 | CUNY Hunter College New York, NY Public · 4 feeder programs | 717 | Social Work | $42,227 | 57% | — | 54% |
| 8 | Monroe University Bronx, NY Private for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 634 | Business Administration and Management, General | $24,025 | 57% | $12,028 | 68% |
| 9 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 625 | Business Administration and Management, General | — | 95% | $17,613 | 9% |
| 10 | University at Albany Albany, NY Public · 4 feeder programs | 605 | Business Administration and Management, General | $48,605 | 61% | — | 69% |
| 11 | CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY Public · 3 feeder programs | 587 | Business Administration and Management, General | $28,526 | 25% | — | — |
| 12 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 579 | Public Administration | $53,912 | 84% | $28,851 | 46% |
| 13 | Yeshiva University New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 538 | Social Work | — | 83% | $39,696 | 56% |
| 14 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY Public · 3 feeder programs | 492 | Business Administration and Management, General | $45,758 | 72% | — | 48% |
| 15 | CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 464 | Business Administration and Management, General | $42,890 | 51% | — | 57% |
| 16 | CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 437 | Business Administration and Management, General | $37,057 | 54% | — | 58% |
| 17 | Excelsior University Albany, NY Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 419 | Business Administration and Management, General | $70,191 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Bryant & Stratton College - Online Orchard Park, NY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 384 | Human Services, General | $31,677 | 23% | $14,394 | — |
| 19 | St. John's University - New York Queens, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 357 | Business Administration and Management, General | $38,550 | 66% | $27,359 | 83% |
| 20 | Suffolk County Community College Selden, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 357 | Business Administration and Management, General | $34,816 | 29% | — | — |
| 21 | Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 354 | Behavioral Sciences | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Marist University Poughkeepsie, NY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 353 | Business Administration and Management, General | $53,766 | 80% | $33,867 | 57% |
| 23 | College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY Public · 3 feeder programs | 331 | Business/Commerce, General | $29,736 | 34% | — | 92% |
| 24 | Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 314 | Business Administration and Management, General | $39,290 | 53% | — | 63% |
| 25 | Mercy University Dobbs Ferry, NY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 309 | Business Administration and Management, General | $42,211 | 46% | $17,604 | 86% |
All 146 schools in New York
Every school in New York with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | Private not-for-profit | 1,049 | 5 |
| University at Buffalo | Buffalo | Public | 986 | 2 |
| Empire State University | Saratoga Springs | Public | 951 | 6 |
| Fordham University | Bronx | Private not-for-profit | 940 | 3 |
| Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | Public | 908 | 2 |
| New York University | New York | Private not-for-profit | 776 | 5 |
| CUNY Hunter College | New York | Public | 717 | 4 |
| Monroe University | Bronx | Private for-profit | 634 | 4 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca | Private not-for-profit | 625 | 4 |
| University at Albany | Albany | Public | 605 | 4 |
| CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College | New York | Public | 587 | 3 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse | Private not-for-profit | 579 | 4 |
| Yeshiva University | New York | Private not-for-profit | 538 | 3 |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | New York | Public | 492 | 3 |
| CUNY Lehman College | Bronx | Public | 464 | 2 |
What social and community service managers earn in New York
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $80,390. New York pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: New York employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in New York
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Social and Community Service Managers page.
How to become a Social
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
- Work experience needed
- Less than 5 years
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in New York
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 12 majors mapped to Social and Community Service Managers12 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 30.1701Behavioral Sciences
- 30.5301Thanatology
- 44.0000Human Services, General
- 44.0201Community Organization and Advocacy
- 44.0401Public Administration
- 44.0701Social Work
- 44.0702Youth Services/Administration
- 44.0703Forensic Social Work
- 44.0799Social Work, Other
- 52.0101Business/Commerce, General
- 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
- 52.0206Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
Common questions
Answers for people weighing social and community service managers programs in New York.
What degree do you need to become a Social?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Business Administration and Management, General, which awarded 14,340 degrees in New York in 2024-25, 57.1% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Social?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 10 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Social Work, Business/Commerce, Public Administration, plus 3 more. Together they graduate about 25,103 people a year in New York.
How much do social and community service managers earn in New York?+
The median is $95,980 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 19.4% above the U.S. median of $80,390. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for social and community service managers growing?+
BLS projects a +6.4% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 18,600 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in New York?+
146 institutions in New York reported graduates from at least one of the 10 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do social and community service managers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Social Services Director, Transitional Care Director, Child Welfare Services Director, Vocational Rehabilitation Administrator among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-9151.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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