Sociology & Anthropology at Denison University

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

Denison is located in Granville, Ohio and has a total student population of 2,258. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology from Denison.

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

Denison Sociology & Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology & Anthropology

Denison Sociology & Anthropology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology and anthropology major at Denison is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology & Anthropology. 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
Best Sociology & Anthropology Schools	2
	2
Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Schools	5
Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5

Earnings of Denison Sociology & Anthropology Graduates

The median salary of sociology and anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Denison is $28,362. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $25,665 for all sociology and anthropology bachelor's degree recipients.

Sociology & Anthropology Student Demographics at Denison

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology and anthropology majors at Denison University.

Denison Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of sociology and anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical sociology and anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Denison since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology and anthropology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Denison University with a bachelor's in sociology and anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• International Relations & National Security
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

Careers That Sociology & Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology and anthropology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OH, the home state for Denison University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Managers	14,410	$107,320
Sociology Professors	620	$98,010
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	170	$85,410
Anthropologists and Archeologists	110	$63,280
Sociologists	90	$67,230

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 Pbass1956 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.