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Sociology and Anthropology

Social Sciences

Sociology and Anthropology graduates with a bachelor's typically earned about $45,120, measured a few years after finishing (median across US programs, College Scorecard).
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Median earnings by degree level

Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Bachelor's median $45,120, $42,470 to $49,876.$42k$46k$50kBachelor's$45,120
Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Bachelor's median $45,120, $42,470 to $49,876.$42k$46k$50kBachelor's$45,120
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Bachelor's Degree$45,120$42,470 to $49,8761191%

"Clear the bar" is the share of programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test). Typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile of program medians.

Job outlook

Projected employment growth +4% (2025 to 2035), about 103,300 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
Managers, All Other$141,900+4.9%100,900
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary$84,290+2.2%1,000
Anthropologists and Archeologists$70,770+6%800
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary$99,650+2.6%400
Sociologists$106,030+3.8%200

Occupation pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wages, Employment Projections). A field maps to several occupations, and the same occupations serve many majors, so these are the jobs this major commonly leads to, not positions reserved for its graduates; the openings should not be added up across majors.

Where this is studied

The 8 colleges where the most students complete a sociology and anthropology program, of 52 that report one. Ordered by number of completions only: this is where people study it, not a judgement about where to.

Earnings source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10), median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.