Sociology at Dartmouth College

Every sociology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sociology program at Dartmouth College stacks up to those at other schools.

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and approximately 6,292 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,384 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in 2021, 31 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.

Dartmouth Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Dartmouth Sociology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Dartmouth 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
	6
Most Popular Sociology Schools	326
Most Focused Sociology Schools	425

How Much Do Sociology Graduates from Dartmouth Make?

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dartmouth is $49,859. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 63% higher than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.

Sociology Student Demographics at Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth Sociology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Dartmouth since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Dartmouth College with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Managers	950	$123,580
Sociology Professors	80	$92,180

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.