Sociology at Aurora University

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every sociology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sociology program at Aurora University stacks up to those at other schools.

Aurora is located in Aurora, Illinois and approximately 6,265 students attend the school each year.

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

Aurora Sociology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Aurora Sociology Rankings

The sociology major at Aurora 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.

Sociology Student Demographics at Aurora

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

Aurora Sociology Bachelor’s Program

71% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Aurora since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology at Aurora are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Sociology

If you plan to be a sociology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Aurora University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology	10

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 IL, the home state for Aurora University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Sociology Professors	610	$78,290
Sociologists	350	$86,280

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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