4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$53,551
Program median
Program + credential
Social Sciences, Other.: Doctoral Degree
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$51,409
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$24,133
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
2,318
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University Providence, RI | Private nonprofit | $25,184 | 95.7% | Available |
| Capella University Minneapolis, MN | Private for-profit | $17,956 | 20% | Available |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,944 | 94.1% | Available |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private nonprofit | $28,690 | 95.4% | Available |
| Gannon University Erie, PA | Private nonprofit | $22,553 | 66.4% | Available |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ | Public | $16,504 | 72.8% | Available |
| New York University New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $37,050 | 87.6% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | Public | $32,875 | 86.1% | Available |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | Private nonprofit | $36,228 | 83.6% | Available |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | Public | $24,406 | 83.6% | Available |
| Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ | Public | $19,703 | 63.8% | Available |
| San Diego State University San Diego, CA | Public | $15,364 | 76.4% | Available |
| Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ | Private nonprofit | $41,346 | 86.9% | Available |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX | Public | $10,836 | 52.6% | Available |
| University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Public | $16,674 | 67.5% | Available |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | Public | $13,481 | 92.8% | Available |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | Public | $14,251 | 86.9% | Available |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | Public | $24,953 | 86.2% | Available |
| Wayne State University Detroit, MI | Public | $12,766 | 58.4% | Available |
| Wilmington University New Castle, DE | Private nonprofit | $15,644 | 19.8% | Available |