Sociology at Austin College

If you are interested in studying sociology, you may want to check out the program at Austin College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Austin College is located in Sherman, Texas and approximately 1,302 students attend the school each year. Of the 321 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Austin College in 2021, 4 of them were sociology majors.

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

Austin College Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Austin College Sociology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Austin College 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
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	392
Most Focused Sociology Schools	498
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	726
Most Popular Sociology Schools	856

Sociology Student Demographics at Austin College

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

Austin College Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in sociology from Austin College in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology at Austin College 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 Austin College with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 TX, the home state for Austin College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Sociology Professors	1,010	$82,580

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 Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.