Social Sciences at Colby College

If you plan to study social sciences, take a look at what Colby College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and approximately 2,155 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 177 social sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Colby.

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.

Colby Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Colby Social Sciences Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social sciences major at Colby 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
Best Social Sciences Schools	75
	76
	83
Most Popular Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	226
Best Value Social Sciences Schools	494

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Colby

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

Colby Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 177 social sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Colby, about 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Colby are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	119
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Colby 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

Social Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colby College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government	76
Economics	74
Sociology	19
Anthropology	8

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Education
• History
• Psychology

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 ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
High School Teachers	5,790	$54,240
Managers	1,380	$96,570
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	770	$68,670
Social Sciences Professors	150	$53,130
Social Science Research Assistants	150	$49,030

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 Nickline4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.