Social Sciences at College of the Holy Cross

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

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,970.

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.

Holy Cross Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Holy Cross Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Holy Cross 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 Holy Cross

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

Holy Cross Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% 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 Holy Cross since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Holy Cross 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 College of the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	228
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at College of the Holy Cross. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from College of the Holy Cross. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Economics	140
Political Science & Government	110
Sociology	32
Anthropology	8

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History
• English Language & Literature

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 MA, the home state for College of the Holy Cross.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	20,070	$74,510
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Statisticians	3,090	$108,670
Social Science Research Assistants	2,040	$55,310

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 George Rypysc III under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.