Social Science Research Assistants Career

Vocational Programs for Social Science Research Assistants Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
31K	$29.99	$62,370

The role of Social Science Research Assistants is to assist social scientists in laboratory, survey, and other social science research. May help prepare findings for publication and assist in laboratory analysis, quality control, or data management. The average annual wage of the occupations is $62,370 and $30 per hour. 16 vocational programs could be taken for the Social Science Research Assistants career. Based on BLS data, a total of 30,890 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Social Science Research Assistants Career

The following 16 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Social Science Research Assistants.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Social Science Research Assistants
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Natural Resource Economics	4	-	-	-	-
Behavioral Sciences	8	-	-	-	-
History and Political Science	1	-	-	-	-
Psychology	26	-	-	120 Hours	39.00 Months
Public Policy Analysis	8	-	-	-	-
Health Policy Analysis	2	-	-	-	-
International Policy Analysis	1	-	-	-	-
Social Sciences	14	-	-	-	-
Economics	15	-	-	-	-
Applied Economics	2	-	-	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	1	-	-	-	-
Development Economics and International Development	1	-	-	-	-
Political Science and Government	23	-	-	-	-
Political Economy	3	-	-	-	-
Sociology	21	-	-	-	-
Applied/Public Sociology	1	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Social Science Research Assistants

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Natural Resource Economics

Behavioral Sciences

History and Political Science

Psychology

120 Hours

39.00 Months

Public Policy Analysis

Health Policy Analysis

International Policy Analysis

Social Sciences

Economics

Applied Economics

Econometrics and Quantitative Economics

Development Economics and International Development

Political Science and Government

Political Economy

Sociology

Applied/Public Sociology

Schools offering voational programs for Social Science Research Assistants

The following 94 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Social Science Research Assistants. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.