Public policy & social services

Social Work

Binghamton University · Vestal, NY

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · same subjectSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$29,453Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$21,101Same subject at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$31,118
Same subject · national$32,152
Public policy & social services · national$32,711

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Same subject at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $29,576–$32,391.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
North Carolina State University at RaleighSocial Work$28,598
University of GeorgiaSocial Work$32,284
University of Washington-Seattle CampusSocial Work$37,478
San Diego State UniversitySocial Work$32,332
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusSocial Work$30,409
University of Wisconsin-MadisonSocial Work$32,569
University of South FloridaSocial Work$31,828
Auburn UniversitySocial Work$29,250
The University of Texas at AustinSocial Work$27,474
Florida State UniversitySocial Work$29,685
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleSocial Work$30,119
Ohio State University-Main CampusSocial Work$32,772
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗