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Highest ROI Humanities & Social Sciences Majors

Top 50 Humanities & Social Sciences college majors by ROI percentile

# 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 Amherst History $158,858 100 95% 14 8% 1510
4 Carnegie Mellon Cognitive Science $158,864 100 100% 14 11% 1530
5 Neumann Homeland Security $143,575 100 100% 42 84% —
6 National Public Administration $111,762 99 100% 13 100% —
7 Stanford Symbolic Systems $129,017 99 96% 101 4% 1550
8 Stanford International Relations $128,687 99 92% 59 4% 1550
9 Yale Special Divisional Major $130,467 99 100% 111 4% 1520
10 Tufts Cognitive Science $128,185 99 100% 32 10% 1510
11 U. of California, Berkeley Social Sciences $113,294 99 92% 152 11% —
12 Yale Political Science $123,834 98 91% 114 4% 1520
13 Harvard Government $117,484 98 94% 139 3% 1540
14 Calumet College of Saint Joseph Criminal Justice $104,336 98 96% 71 100% —
15 Georgetown Liberal Studies $119,188 98 96% 17 14% 1470
16 Brigham Young International Affairs $94,047 98 93% 41 35% 1360
17 Boston University Interdisciplinary Studies $116,242 98 88% 21 11% 1470
18 Middlebury International Studies $116,041 98 82% 32 13% 1500
19 Middlebury International Relations $116,041 98 82% 13 13% 1500
20 U. of Pennsylvania Political Science $111,976 97 89% 99 5% 1540
21 U. of Virginia Public Policy $110,885 97 95% 98 12% 1470
22 U. of California, Berkeley Cognitive Science $100,651 97 97% 217 11% —
23 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Philosophy $96,620 97 94% 30 30% —
24 UCLA Public Affairs $103,568 97 91% 112 9% —
25 U. of Pennsylvania Cognitive Science $109,527 97 90% 45 5% 1540
26 Yale Global Affairs $111,911 97 — 72 4% 1520
27 Yale Humanities $111,512 96 99% 18 4% 1520
28 Brigham Young Russian $87,348 96 80% 16 35% 1360
29 Brigham Young Humanities $86,939 96 82% 25 35% 1360
30 Duke Public Policy Studies $113,034 96 95% 142 5% 1540
31 Johns Hopkins Political Science $108,657 96 91% 27 6% 1550
32 UCLA Development Studies $100,784 96 94% 73 9% —
33 Biola Applied Psychology $98,460 96 88% 16 61% 1260
34 Carnegie Mellon International Relations and Politics $106,965 95 — 16 11% 1530
35 U. of Pennsylvania Philosophy, Politics and Economics $105,305 95 95% 161 5% 1540
36 U. of Pennsylvania Philosophy $105,305 95 95% 16 5% 1540
37 Yale History $107,748 95 87% 111 4% 1520
38 National General Studies $83,272 95 90% 31 100% —
39 Cornell Public Policy $107,508 95 98% 64 8% 1530
40 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation $97,016 95 100% 11 74% 1250
41 U. of Miami Legal Studies $103,274 95 96% 46 17% 1400
42 U. of Rhode Island German $93,550 95 100% 28 76% 1150
43 Connecticut Government $104,506 95 100% 24 28% 1420
44 American University Legal Studies $101,273 95 91% 31 66% 1370
45 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Political Science $90,264 95 96% 97 30% —
46 Harvard Psychology $102,305 95 89% 69 3% 1540
47 U. of California, Berkeley Interdisciplinary Studies $93,915 95 88% 74 11% —
48 Cal State Northridge Public Administration $84,073 94 100% 26 88% —
49 U. of California, Berkeley Media Studies $93,369 94 94% 226 11% —
50 Georgia Tech Literature, Media, and Communication $91,748 94 93% 54 13% 1460