General Social Sciences
Contains Stem Majors
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Social Sciences and the types of students that study this field. false awards the most degrees in General Social Sciences in the US.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Social Sciences programs are false institutions (N/A total). false
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Social Sciences programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Social Sciences.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for majors is $113,579 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
The industry that employs the most majors is Legal services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Not specified food industries, manufacturing.
The average salary for majors is $113,579 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations majors, by number of employees, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of majors working as Economists, Miscellaneous social scientists, including survey researchers & sociologists, and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for majors are Surgeons, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, and Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents.
The number of graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.44%, from 3.97M in 2021 to 4.07M in 2022.
The largest single share of graduates go on to work as Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (8.07%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ majors, by number of employees, are Legal services, Elementary & secondary schools, and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges.
The highest paying industries of majors, by average wage, are Not specified food industries, manufacturing, Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, and Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
The number of graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.44%, from 3.97M in 2021 to 4.07M in 2022.
The industry which employs the most graduates by share is Legal services, followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in .
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in is 43.1.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a false.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in . The most common ages of employees with this major are 35 and 30 years old, which represent 2.93% and 2.87% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Social Sciences are .
The most common degree types held by the working population in are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Social Sciences for each race & ethnicity. false
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in General Social Sciences.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Azerbaijan that hold degrees (4.07 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 (49,969 degree recipients).