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Sociology at Bates College

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.

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 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.

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

71% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to 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 4% more men than average.

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About 61% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 17
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Sociology

The following sociology concentations are available at Bates College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Bates College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology 22

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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