Sociology at Bridgewater College

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

Bridgewater is located in Bridgewater, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,597. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Bridgewater.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sociology section at the bottom of this page.

Bridgewater Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Bridgewater Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how Bridgewater performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Bridgewater 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	271
	328
	334
Best Value Sociology Schools	447
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	487
Most Popular Sociology Schools	603

Earnings of Bridgewater Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bridgewater is $30,038. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology students.

Sociology Student Demographics at Bridgewater

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

Bridgewater Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in sociology from Bridgewater in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Bridgewater since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• International Relations & National Security
• 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 VA, the home state for Bridgewater College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Sociology Professors	430	$73,710

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 Alma mater under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.