Social Sciences at Claremont McKenna College

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

Claremont McKenna is located in Claremont, California and has a total student population of 1,264.

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.

Claremont McKenna Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Claremont McKenna Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Claremont McKenna 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Claremont McKenna

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Claremont McKenna College.

Claremont McKenna Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Claremont McKenna since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Claremont McKenna College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	40
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	58
International Students	35
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Claremont McKenna College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Economics	116
Political Science & Government	38
International Relations & National Security	24
Sociology	1

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature
• History

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 Claremont McKenna College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	98,590	$78,090
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Urban and Regional Planners	7,950	$93,790
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860

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 Improve917 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.