Sociology at Bates College

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

Bates is located in Lewiston, Maine and approximately 1,876 students attend the school each year. Of the 564 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bates College in 2021, 22 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.

Bates Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Bates Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology progam at Bates compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Bates 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
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Best Sociology Schools	23
	46
	49
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Most Focused Sociology Schools	91
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	312
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	313
Best Value Sociology Schools	327
Most Popular Sociology Schools	420

Sociology Student Demographics at Bates

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

Bates Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in sociology from Bates in 2021, 32% were men and 68% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Bates since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology at Bates 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 Bates College with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Economics
• 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 ME, the home state for Bates College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Managers	1,380	$96,570
Sociology Professors	60	$69,560

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 N.Y. Walton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.