College programs·Ranked by graduate earnings·Federal data 2025

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Compare U.S. college programs by graduate earnings, cost, and career outlook. Pulled from IPEDS, College Scorecard, and BLS, ready to cite in your reports.

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401
Fields of study
CIP families
38
State pages
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Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services
CIP 43.03

Homeland Security

Leads to: First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers

Institutions
262
States
50
Median pay
$49k
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Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services
CIP 43.04

Security Science and Technology

Leads to: Forensic Science Technicians

Institutions
434
States & terr.
52
Median pay
$40k
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Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services
CIP 43.99

Homeland Security

Institutions
64
States
25
Median pay
$47k
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Public Administration And Social Service Professions
CIP 44.00

Human Services

Leads to: Social and Human Service Assistants

Institutions
433
States
51
Median pay
$35k
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Public Administration And Social Service Professions
CIP 44.02

Community Organization and Advocacy

Leads to: Social and Community Service Managers

Institutions
105
States
39
Median pay
$39k
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Public Administration And Social Service Professions
CIP 44.04

Public Administration

Leads to: General and Operations Managers

Institutions
435
States & terr.
53
Median pay
$45k
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Public Administration And Social Service Professions
CIP 44.05

Public Policy Analysis

Leads to: Medical and Health Services Managers

Institutions
196
States
48
Median pay
$48k
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Public Administration And Social Service Professions
CIP 44.07

Social Work

Leads to: Healthcare Social Workers

Institutions
801
States & terr.
54
Median pay
$37k
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Public Administration And Social Service Professions
CIP 44.99

Public Administration and Social Service Professions

Institutions
56
States
31
Median pay
$42k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.01

Social Sciences

Leads to: Social Science Research Assistants

Institutions
386
States & terr.
53
Median pay
$36k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.02

Anthropology

Leads to: Anthropologists and Archeologists

Institutions
543
States & terr.
53
Median pay
$28k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.03

Archeology

Leads to: Anthropologists and Archeologists

Institutions
60
States
30
Median pay
$30k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.04

Criminology

Leads to: Sociologists

Institutions
230
States
47
Median pay
$37k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.05

Demography

Leads to: Sociologists

Institutions
12
States
9
Median pay
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.06

Economics

Leads to: Economists

Institutions
817
States & terr.
52
Median pay
$52k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.07

Geography and Cartography

Leads to: Geographers

Institutions
418
States
50
Median pay
$40k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.09

International Relations and National Security Studies

Leads to: Political Scientists

Institutions
359
States
50
Median pay
$38k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.10

Political Science and Government

Leads to: Political Scientists

Institutions
1,202
States & terr.
54
Median pay
$36k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.11

Sociology

Leads to: Sociologists

Institutions
1,032
States & terr.
52
Median pay
$34k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.12

Urban Studies/Affairs

Leads to: Urban and Regional Planners

Institutions
90
States
31
Median pay
$44k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.13

Sociology and Anthropology

Leads to: Sociologists

Institutions
49
States
26
Median pay
$29k
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.15

Geography and Anthropology

Leads to: Geographers

Institutions
1
States
1
Median pay
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Social Sciences
CIP 45.99

Social Sciences

Leads to: Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other

Institutions
102
States
33
Median pay
$36k
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Construction Trades
CIP 46.00

Construction Trades

Leads to: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

Institutions
86
States
33
Median pay
$39k
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Earnings come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data, which reports median earnings of graduates a set period after completion, complemented by Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) and Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data for career context.

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Data: IPEDS Fall 2025–26 provisional · College Scorecard (June 2026 release) · Census PSEO 2019–21 cohorts · BLS OEWS May 2025. Earnings are medians one year after graduation. Rankings use each institution's predominant-credential Scorecard earnings. All sources & release dates →

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