Social Sciences at Baker University

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

Baker is located in Baldwin City, Kansas and approximately 2,279 students attend the school each year.

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

Baker Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at Baker

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Baker offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Baker Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Baker is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Sciences. 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Baker

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Baker University.

Baker Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Baker since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at Baker University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Baker University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology	11
Economics	1

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature
• History
• Communication & Journalism

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KS, the home state for Baker University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
High School Teachers	11,660	$51,490
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	6,010	$64,910
Managers	2,420	$102,560
Urban and Regional Planners	280	$67,370
Sociology Professors	250	$72,740

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 Bhall87 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.