Social Sciences at Berry College

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

Berry is located in Mount Berry, Georgia and approximately 2,125 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.

Berry Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Berry Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Berry 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 Berry

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

Berry Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Berry are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Berry College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

If you plan to be a social sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Berry College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government	11
International Relations & National Security	5
General Social Sciences	3

Related Majors

• History
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature
• 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 GA, the home state for Berry College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	20,460	$67,080
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Social Science Research Assistants	2,210	$52,880
Social Scientists	2,060	$86,810

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 Froggerlaura under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.