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General Social Sciences at Excelsior College

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General Social Sciences at Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 21,974. In 2021, 13 social sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Excelsior College.

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

Excelsior College General Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Excelsior College offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Excelsior College General Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences progam at Excelsior College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 social sciences major at Excelsior College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools 153

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

54% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 46% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Excelsior College since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

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About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Excelsior 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 Excelsior College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Excelsior College also has a doctoral program available in social sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Excelsior College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Social Science Research Assistants 6,290 $49,000
Social Sciences Professors 2,570 $101,250
Social Scientists 2,410 $84,940

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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