General Social Sciences at Black Hills State University

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

BHSU is located in Spearfish, South Dakota and has a total student population of 3,608. Of the 430 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Black Hills State University in 2021, 6 of them were general social sciences majors.

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.

BHSU General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

BHSU General Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how BHSU performed in these rankings.

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 social sciences major at BHSU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
	72
Best General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	97
Best General Social Sciences Schools	134
Most Focused General Social Sciences Schools	155

Social Sciences Student Demographics at BHSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Black Hills State University.

BHSU General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

The social sciences program at BHSU awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at BHSU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at BHSU 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 Black Hills State University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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

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

Related Majors

• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

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 SD, the home state for Black Hills State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
High School Teachers	3,520	$42,960
Managers	370	$99,030
Social Scientists	90	$68,980
Sociologists	30	$43,080

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 Virginia State Parks staff under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.