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Sociology at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Sociology at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

If you plan to study sociology, take a look at what California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 22,440 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 83 sociology majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Sociology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Sociology Rankings

The sociology major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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.

Earnings of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $39,856. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 30% higher than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.

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Sociology Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Sociology Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The sociology program at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo awarded 83 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in sociology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 25
White 34
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also has a doctoral program available in sociology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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