Sociology at Adams State University

If you plan to study sociology, take a look at what Adams State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Adams State is located in Alamosa, Colorado and has a total student population of 3,164. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Adams State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sociology section at the bottom of this page.

Adams State Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Adams State Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how Adams State performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Adams State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Sociology Schools	170
	254
	259
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	368
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	487
Most Popular Sociology Schools	603

How Much Do Sociology Graduates from Adams State Make?

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Adams State is $31,414. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.

Sociology Student Demographics at Adams State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at Adams State University.

Adams State Sociology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Adams State. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Adams State since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Adams State University with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Adams State also has a doctoral program available in sociology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Political Science & Government

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for Adams State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Sociology Professors	290	$68,900

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michael Rael under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.