General Social Sciences at Bard College

If you plan to study general social sciences, take a look at what Bard College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Bard is located in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York and approximately 2,465 students attend the school each year. Of the 438 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bard College in 2021, 142 of them were general social sciences majors.

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

Bard General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Bard General Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences progam at Bard compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 social sciences major at Bard is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused General Social Sciences Schools	7
Most Popular General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools	37
Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103
	131
Best Value General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	131
Best General Social Sciences Schools	139
	172
Best Value General Social Sciences Schools	183

Earnings of Bard Social Sciences Graduates

The median salary of social sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bard is $24,172. This is less than $32,131, which is the national average of all social sciences majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Bard

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

Bard General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 142 social sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Bard, about 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Bard since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Bard 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 Bard College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	76
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Bard also has a doctoral program available in social sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Economics

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 NY, the home state for Bard College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Social Science Research Assistants	6,290	$49,000
Social Sciences Professors	2,570	$101,250
Social Scientists	2,410	$84,940

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.