Sociology at Biola University

If you are interested in studying sociology, you may want to check out the program at Biola University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Biola is located in La Mirada, California and approximately 5,815 students attend the school each year. Of the 826 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Biola University in 2021, 32 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.

Biola Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Biola Sociology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Biola 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
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	196
	414

Earnings of Biola Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Biola is $28,935. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology students.

Sociology Student Demographics at Biola

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

Biola Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 32 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in sociology from Biola in 2021, 16% were men and 84% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Biola University with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• 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 CA, the home state for Biola University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Sociologists	1,070	$98,560
Sociology Professors	970	$103,600

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 Robert J. Boser under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.