Highest Job Growth Doctoral Social Sciences Programs

These are the highest job growth doctoral social sciences programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with University of Florida leading at 8.7%.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Growth	Completers
1	University of Florida	Anthropology	FL	8.7%	19
2	University of Chicago	Anthropology	IL	8.7%	18
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Anthropology	MI	8.7%	17
4	University of California-Los Angeles	Anthropology	CA	8.7%	15
5	Harvard University	Anthropology	MA	8.7%	14
6	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	Anthropology	NY	8.7%	14
7	University of California-Davis	Anthropology	CA	8.7%	12
8	Columbia University in the City of New York	Anthropology	NY	8.7%	12
9	University of Pennsylvania	Anthropology	PA	8.7%	11
10	University of South Florida	Anthropology	FL	8.7%	10
11	The University of Texas at Austin	Anthropology	TX	8.7%	10
12	University of California-Berkeley	Anthropology	CA	8.7%	9
13	Northwestern University	Anthropology	IL	8.7%	9
14	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Anthropology	MN	8.7%	9
15	The University of Montana	Anthropology	MT	8.7%	9
16	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	Anthropology	NV	8.7%	9
17	Princeton University	Anthropology	NJ	8.7%	9
18	Emory University	Anthropology	GA	8.7%	8
19	Indiana University-Bloomington	Anthropology	IN	8.7%	8
20	University of Nevada-Reno	Anthropology	NV	8.7%	8
21	The New School	Anthropology	NY	8.7%	8
22	New York University	Anthropology	NY	8.7%	8
23	Yale University	Anthropology	CT	8.7%	7
24	Washington University in St Louis	Anthropology	MO	8.7%	7
25	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Anthropology	NC	8.7%	7
26	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Anthropology	PA	8.7%	7
27	University of Georgia	Anthropology	GA	8.7%	6
28	University of Notre Dame	Anthropology	IN	8.7%	6
29	Tulane University of Louisiana	Anthropology	LA	8.7%	6
30	Boston University	Anthropology	MA	8.7%	6
31	Syracuse University	Anthropology	NY	8.7%	6
32	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Anthropology	TN	8.7%	6
33	Washington State University	Anthropology	WA	8.7%	6
34	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Anthropology	AZ	8.7%	5
35	University of Arizona	Anthropology	AZ	8.7%	5
36	Cornell University	Anthropology	NY	8.7%	5
37	Duke University	Anthropology	NC	8.7%	5
38	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Anthropology	WI	8.7%	5
39	Harvard University	Economics	MA	7%	52
40	University of Chicago	Economics	IL	7%	41
41	Columbia University in the City of New York	Economics	NY	7%	38
42	University of California-Berkeley	Economics	CA	7%	33
43	University of California-Davis	Economics	CA	7%	33
44	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Economics	IL	7%	32
45	Michigan State University	Economics	MI	7%	30
46	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Economics	WI	7%	30
47	Princeton University	Economics	NJ	7%	29
48	Northwestern University	Economics	IL	7%	27
49	University of Pennsylvania	Economics	PA	7%	25
50	University of Southern California	Economics	CA	7%	22

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes doctoral programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.