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Social Sciences at York College

Social Sciences at York College

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

York is located in Jamaica, New York and has a total student population of 7,784.

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.

York Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

York Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at York 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 York

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

York Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
98% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 57% 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 York College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 25
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology 78
Political Science & Government 19
Economics 13
Anthropology 1

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 NY, the home state for York College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 63,520 $77,230
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Social Science Research Assistants 6,290 $49,000
Social Sciences Professors 2,570 $101,250

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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