Sociology

Social Sciences

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Early Career Income

$65,277

Lifetime Income

$3.12M

Unemployment rate

3.3%

Female share

68.4%

Occupation concentration

34.8%

in top 10 occupations

Remote work share

23.8%

% who double-major

29.0%

BA Graduates from 2024

24,858

-6.2% vs 2023

How Sociology compares

Ranked against every other major nationally.

25th

percentile

Lifetime income

Higher than 25% of majors

30th

percentile

Unemployment

Lower unemployment than 30% of majors

13th

percentile

Occupation concentration

More concentrated than 13% of majors

Top occupations

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 Sociology.

Sociology, General
Applied/Public Sociology
Rural Sociology
Sociology, Other
Sociology and Anthropology

Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology