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 has a total student population of 2,465.

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 General Social Sciences
• Master’s Degree in General Social Sciences

Bard General Social Sciences Rankings

The general 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.

General Social Sciences Student Demographics at Bard

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

Bard General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of general social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical general social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Bard since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	66
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Bard General Social Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of general social sciences master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in general social sciences each year. Bard does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bard College with a master's in general social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That General Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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.