Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

International/Globalization Studies

Focuses on global and international issues from the perspective of the social sciences, social services, and related fields.

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Growing slowly

Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other

Median pay: $72,990
Hiring change through 2035: 1.6%
Job openings a year: 1,300

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Political Scientists

Median pay: $142,080
Hiring change through 2035: −2.0%
Job openings a year: 400

To get hiredMaster's degree

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All work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $29,355 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.

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0%of related openings involve substantial in-person or active work

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Where to study it

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College	Degrees a year	Earnings, first year out	Admit rate	Average annual cost after aid
University of California-San Diego CA	511	$41,542	25%	$10,000
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI	154	$33,806	18%	$5,000
The University of Texas at Austin TX	147	$35,418	29%	$17,000
University of California-Santa Barbara CA	143	$35,213	28%	$13,000
University of California-Irvine CA	128	$32,752	26%	$12,000
Texas A & M University-College Station TX	128	$33,739	63%	$17,000
University of Colorado Boulder CO	122	$34,353	83%	$19,000
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI	109	$28,989	43%	$8,000
University of Utah UT	105	$34,511	87%	$14,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ	100	$36,234	90%	$17,000
Boston College MA	90	$39,636	16%	$13,000
University of Florida FL	86	$26,055	24%	$7,000
University of California-Berkeley CA	80	—	12%	$10,000
United States Air Force Academy CO	72	—	14%	—
University of Oregon OR	68	$30,170	85%	$18,000
Michigan State University MI	67	$30,431	84%	$17,000
University of North Texas TX	64	$29,899	72%	$14,000
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK	61	$31,774	77%	$15,000
University of California-Los Angeles CA	52	$43,229	9%	$10,000
University of Central Florida FL	50	$27,746	40%	$10,000
Washington University in St Louis MO	50	$36,903	12%	$6,000
Temple University PA	50	$30,816	83%	$27,000
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ	49	$36,234	64%	—
University of Notre Dame IN	48	—	12%	$11,000
College of Charleston SC	48	$29,080	72%	$17,000
University of Pennsylvania PA	47	—	6%	$10,000
Brigham Young University-Idaho ID	44	$26,722	97%	$6,000
Florida International University FL	43	—	59%	$11,000
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL	42	—	44%	$8,000
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC	41	$29,355	40%	$13,000
Texas State University TX	40	$27,724	89%	$14,000
University of Kansas KS	38	$30,362	88%	$15,000
Colby College ME	38	$44,350	7%	$4,000
Brandeis University MA	38	$40,384	35%	$21,000
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO	37	$27,432	90%	$16,000
California State University-Long Beach CA	36	$28,381	47%	$10,000
Loyola University Chicago IL	35	—	81%	$32,000
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA	35	$22,919	74%	$20,000
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI	35	$33,845	88%	$12,000
Georgetown University DC	34	—	13%	$18,000

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