Sociology at York College

If you are interested in studying sociology, you may want to check out the program at York College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

York is located in Jamaica, New York and has a total student population of 7,784. Of the 1,328 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from York College in 2021, 78 of them were sociology majors.

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

York Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

York Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how York performed in these rankings.

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 York 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
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Most Focused Sociology Schools	35
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	200

Earnings of York Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at York is $39,940. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 31% higher than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.

Sociology Student Demographics at York

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

York Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 78 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in sociology from York in 2021, 27% were men and 73% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at York since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology 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 sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

York 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 NY, the home state for York College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Sociology Professors	1,290	$90,250
Sociologists	190	$75,800

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.