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Social Sciences at Cornell College

Social Sciences at Cornell College

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

Cornell College is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,002.

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.

Cornell College Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Cornell College Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Cornell College 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 Cornell College

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

Cornell College Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Cornell College 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 Cornell College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 Cornell College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
International Relations & National Security 9
Political Science & Government 9
Anthropology 5
Sociology & Anthropology 3
Sociology 2

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 IA, the home state for Cornell College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers 13,010 $56,510
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 4,970 $59,270
Managers 2,880 $101,360
Statisticians 310 $74,430
Sociology Professors 220 $90,000

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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