Social Sciences at Charleston Southern University

What traits are you looking for in a social sciences school? To help you decide if Charleston Southern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's social sciences program.

CSU is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 3,350 students attend the school each year. Of the 541 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Charleston Southern University in 2021, 23 of them were social sciences majors.

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

CSU Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

CSU Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences progam at CSU 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 CSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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
Most Focused Social Sciences Schools	881

Social Sciences Student Demographics at CSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Charleston Southern University.

CSU Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a bachelor's degree in social sciences from CSU. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at CSU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

If you plan to be a social sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Charleston Southern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Social Sciences	10
Sociology	8
Political Science & Government	5

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Education

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 SC, the home state for Charleston Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	6,210	$60,290
Managers	1,760	$100,890
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	370	$53,020
Urban and Regional Planners	360	$64,700

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 CharlestonSouthern under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.