Survey Researchers

Plan, develop, or conduct surveys. May analyze and interpret the meaning of survey data, determine survey objectives, or suggest or test question wording. Includes social scientists who primarily design questionnaires or supervise survey teams.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)Dartmouth College, NH

$207,886

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA

$204,731

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(professional)University of California-Berkeley, CA

$202,958

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY

$197,821

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)University of Chicago, IL

$190,915

Marketing(masters)University of Pennsylvania, PA

$183,993

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)New York University, NY

$178,835

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)Georgetown University, DC

$173,832

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)Carnegie Mellon University, PA

$169,421

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)University of California-Los Angeles, CA

$169,099

Business/Managerial Economics(masters)Suffolk University, MA

$153,437

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(grad-cert)University of Southern California, CA

$147,832

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)University of California-Davis, CA

$144,086

Statistics(bachelors)Harvard University, MA

$141,116

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(professional)University of Notre Dame, IN

$140,570

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)Northwestern University, IL

$140,444

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)University of San Francisco, CA

$138,031

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)Vanderbilt University, TN

$135,520

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)Indiana University-Bloomington, IN

$130,003

Statistics(bachelors)University of Pennsylvania, PA

$129,732

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)University of Rochester, NY

$127,604

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)Texas A&M University-College Station, TX

$124,605

Statistics(masters)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY

$122,051

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus, GA

$121,795

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods(masters)University of Southern California, CA

$120,846