Sociology at Colby College

If you plan to study sociology, 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 has a total student population of 2,155. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Colby.

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

Colby Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Colby Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology 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 sociology major at Colby 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	81
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
	85
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	160
Most Popular Sociology Schools	464
Best Value Sociology Schools	499

Sociology Student Demographics at Colby

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

Colby Sociology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology 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 sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

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 ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Managers	1,380	$96,570
Sociology Professors	60	$69,560

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.