General Social Sciences at California State University - Sacramento

If you are interested in studying general social sciences, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Sacramento. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 32,293. Of the 7,644 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Sacramento in 2021, 27 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.

Sac State General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Sac State General Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences progam at Sac State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 social sciences major at Sac State 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 Schools	69
Most Focused General Social Sciences Schools	260

Earnings of Sac State Social Sciences Graduates

The median salary of social sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sac State is $31,259. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,131 for all social sciences students.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students earned a bachelor's degree in social sciences from Sac State. About 41% of these graduates were women and the other 59% were men. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Sac State since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Sacramento with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics
• 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Sacramento.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Social Sciences Professors	2,760	$147,680

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 Stickpen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.