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Highest Paying Humanities & Social Sciences Majors

Top 50 Humanities & Social Sciences college majors by estimated median 5-year earnings

# College Major Earnings ROI Employ Degrees Accept SAT
1 U. of Pennsylvania International Studies $279,784 100 94% 46 5% 1540
2 Stanford Communication $170,213 100 92% 19 4% 1550
3 Carnegie Mellon Cognitive Science $158,864 100 100% 14 11% 1530
4 Amherst History $158,858 100 95% 14 8% 1510
5 Neumann Homeland Security $143,575 100 100% 42 84% —
6 Yale Special Divisional Major $130,467 99 100% 111 4% 1520
7 Stanford Symbolic Systems $129,017 99 96% 101 4% 1550
8 Stanford International Relations $128,687 99 92% 59 4% 1550
9 Tufts Cognitive Science $128,185 99 100% 32 10% 1510
10 Yale Political Science $123,834 98 91% 114 4% 1520
11 Georgetown Liberal Studies $119,188 98 96% 17 14% 1470
12 Harvard Government $117,484 98 94% 139 3% 1540
13 Boston University Interdisciplinary Studies $116,242 98 88% 21 11% 1470
14 Middlebury International Relations $116,041 98 82% 13 13% 1500
15 Middlebury International Studies $116,041 98 82% 32 13% 1500
16 U. of California, Berkeley Social Sciences $113,294 99 92% 152 11% —
17 Duke Public Policy Studies $113,034 96 95% 142 5% 1540
18 U. of Pennsylvania Political Science $111,976 97 89% 99 5% 1540
19 Yale Global Affairs $111,911 97 — 72 4% 1520
20 National Public Administration $111,762 99 100% 13 100% —
21 Yale Humanities $111,512 96 99% 18 4% 1520
22 U. of Virginia Public Policy $110,885 97 95% 98 12% 1470
23 U. of Pennsylvania Cognitive Science $109,527 97 90% 45 5% 1540
24 Johns Hopkins Political Science $108,657 96 91% 27 6% 1550
25 Yale History $107,748 95 87% 111 4% 1520
26 Cornell Public Policy $107,508 95 98% 64 8% 1530
27 Carnegie Mellon International Relations and Politics $106,965 95 — 16 11% 1530
28 U. of Pennsylvania Philosophy, Politics and Economics $105,305 95 95% 161 5% 1540
29 U. of Pennsylvania Philosophy $105,305 95 95% 16 5% 1540
30 Connecticut Government $104,506 95 100% 24 28% 1420
31 Brown International and Public Affairs $104,415 94 94% 111 5% 1540
32 Calumet College of Saint Joseph Criminal Justice $104,336 98 96% 71 100% —
33 UCLA Public Affairs $103,568 97 91% 112 9% —
34 U. of Miami Legal Studies $103,274 95 96% 46 17% 1400
35 Harvard Psychology $102,305 95 89% 69 3% 1540
36 Duke Political Science $101,627 91 97% 74 5% 1540
37 American University Legal Studies $101,273 95 91% 31 66% 1370
38 Dartmouth Government $101,103 93 93% 122 6% 1500
39 Stanford Public Policy $100,788 94 — 13 4% 1550
40 UCLA Development Studies $100,784 96 94% 73 9% —
41 U. of California, Berkeley Cognitive Science $100,651 97 97% 217 11% —
42 U. of Chicago Public Policy Studies $99,986 91 94% 66 5% 1540
43 Princeton Public Policy $98,995 93 84% 130 4% 1540
44 Columbia Political Science $98,687 91 87% 201 4% 1540
45 Biola Applied Psychology $98,460 96 88% 16 61% 1260
46 U. of Chicago Global Studies $98,430 90 96% 23 5% 1540
47 George Washington Political Communication $98,321 92 91% 39 47% 1420
48 Muhlenberg Political Science $98,108 92 100% 16 35% 1330
49 Dartmouth Psychology $97,357 91 100% 60 6% 1500
50 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation $97,016 95 100% 11 74% 1250