General Social Sciences
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Early Career Income
$61,189
Lifetime Income
$3.02M
Unemployment rate
4.0%
Female share
59.5%
Occupation concentration
36.3%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
20.8%
% who double-major
20.9%
BA Graduates from 2024
6,758
-0.5% vs 2023
How General Social Sciences compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
17th
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 17% of majors
16th
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 16% of majors
20th
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 20% of majors
Top occupations
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers
- Social Workers
- Miscellaneous managers, including funeral service managers and postmasters and mail superintendents
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for General Social Sciences.
- Social Sciences, General
- Survey Research/Methodology
- Social Sciences, Other
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology