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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2016

2,947

declining 6.15%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$8,066

growing 14.2%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$37,630

growing 2.81%

Average Wage

$93,738

growing 3.67%

People in Workforce

3.68M

growing 1.39%

Average Employee Age

growing 0.39%

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Employment

Diversity

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The locations with the highest concentration of Other Social Sciences degree recipients are Berkeley, CA, Minneapolis, MN, and Towson, MD. The locations with a relatively high number of Other Social Sciences degree recipients are Epworth, IA, Glenville, WV, and Poteau, OK. The most common degree awarded to students studying Other Social Sciences is a bachelors degree.

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Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Other Social Sciences and the types of students that study this field. University of California-Berkeley awards the most degrees in Other Social Sciences in the US, but International Institute for Restorative Practices and Divine Word College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Social Sciences.

Tuition costs for Other Social Sciences majors are, on average, $8,066 for in-state public colleges, and $37,630 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Other Social Sciences programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (95 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (1,665 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Other Social Sciences

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Other Social Sciences, is Public, 4-year or above (1,665 completions).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Other Social Sciences programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$8,066

Median In-State Public

$37,630

Median Out of State Private

University of California-Berkeley has the most Other Social Sciences degree recipients, with 297 degrees awarded in 2016.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Other Social Sciences.

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Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

International Institute for Restorative Practices
41.7%
Divine Word College
36.8%
Carl Albert State College
7.37%

Out of all institutions that offer Other Social Sciences programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, International Institute for Restorative Practices and Divine Word College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Social Sciences, with 41.7% and 36.8%, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Other Social Sciences

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Other Social Sciences by year.

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Other Social Sciences.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Social Sciences graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

The average salary for Social Sciences majors is $93,738 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Miscellaneous managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.

The industry that employs the most Social Sciences majors is Legal services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing.

Wages

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

$93,738

Average Wage in Workforce

± $1,346

3.67%

1 Year Growth

± 1.97%

This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Social Sciences majors.

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± 46,515

1.39%

1 Year Growth

± 1.77%

The number of Social Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 1.39%, from 3.63M in 2016 to 3.68M in 2017.

The industry which employs the most Social Sciences graduates by share is Legal services, followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Social Sciences.

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Specialty Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

PUMAS with a relatively high number of Social Sciences majors

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Social Sciences majors.

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Diversity

Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Social Sciences in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Social Sciences is 43, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Social Sciences degrees, and White students earn the majority (1,538) of the degrees.

Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

Average Age in 2017

± 0.171 Years

0.39%

1 Year Change

± 0.562%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Social Sciences. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 29 years old, which represent 2.96% and 2.95% of the population, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Other Social Sciences are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Social Sciences are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

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Gender Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (63.6%)

Most Common Gender with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by gender at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Other Social Sciences.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
1,538 degrees awarded
Black or African American
411 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
368 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Other Social Sciences for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Gender

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Gender Combination

White Female
644 degrees awarded
White Male
484 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
195 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Other Social Sciences. White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

Most Common Countries of Origin

India
44,245 degree recipients
China
39,969 degree recipients
Korea
28,475 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

Singapore
5.67 times more than expected
Azerbaijan
4.89 times more than expected
Czechoslovakia
4.85 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Singapore that hold Social Sciences degrees (5.67 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (44,245 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Other Social Sciences field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other Social Sciences majors need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Other Social Sciences majors need more than the average amount of Programming, Operations Analysis, and Systems Evaluation.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Other Social Sciences majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Programming is very distinctive for majors, but the Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.