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*Public institution

SOCIAL WORK

%
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SCHOOLS WHERE MAJORS POPULAR
WITH BLACK STUDENTS PAY BEST
1	

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (AL)*	

35.4%	

$33,900

2	

Georgia State University (GA)*	

61.9%	

$32,700

2	

University of MD-Baltimore County (MD)*	

25.5%	

$32,700

4	

West Chester University (PA)*	

23.3%	

$32,000

5	

Temple University (PA)*	

35.4%	

$31,900
$31,900

Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte (NC)*	

32.1%	

Rutgers University-Newark (NJ)*	

48.6%	

$31,700

8	

East Carolina University (NC)*	

32.2%	

$31,400

22% of social work graduates nationwide are Black.
For social work programs with over 50 graduates
in the last two years, the median first-year earnings are $31,081.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

%
wh of r
o a e ce
r e nt
B la p r
c o
M e k g r am
(fo dia
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5	
7	

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (TX)	

2	

Lynn University (FL)	

23.4%	$38,900

3	

La Salle University (PA)	

24.2%	$34,600

3	

University of Louisville (KY)*	

22.1%	$34,600

20% of criminal justice graduates nationwide are Black.
For criminal justice programs with over 50 graduates
in the last two years, the median first-year earnings are $33,958.

SOCIOLOGY

22.8%	$40,000

%
wh of r
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B la p r
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1	

1	

COLUMBIA UNIV. IN THE CITY OF NY (NY)	

20.0%	$43,800

2	

Dartmouth College (NH)	

26.6%	$41,800

3	

Cornell University (NY)	

19.5%	$38,100

4	

Duke University (NC)	

26.3%	$37,300

5	

Georgetown University (DC)	

29.1%	$37,100

5	

Michigan State University (MI)*	

19.6%	$37,100

5	

University of Houston (TX)*	

31.2%	$37,100

8	

Wake Forest University (NC)	

28.8%	$36,700

9	

University of Notre Dame (IN)	

22.4%	$36,500

10	 Emory University (GA)	

21.2%	$35,600

18.6% of sociology graduates nationwide are Black.
For sociology programs with over 50 graduates
in the last two years, the median first-year earnings are $30,186.

NOTE: To make this list, each individual school's program had to meet
the following criteria:
1. It must have graduated at least 50 students over the last two years.
2. It must have a median first-year income that exceeds the median
first-year income among its peers (other schools with the same
program where the program also graduated at least 50 students
over the last two years).
3. The percentage of Black graduates must exceed the nationwide
average for the major.
4. The program's school's first-time, full-time undergraduate Black
graduation rate needed to equal or exceed 50 percent.
5. The program's school needed to graduate 25 or more first-time,
full-time Black students.
Schools are ordered by first-year median income.
For more information on the methodology, please see the introduction.
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