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Social Sciences at Florida Southern College

Social Sciences at Florida Southern College

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

Florida Southern is located in Lakeland, Florida and approximately 3,413 students attend the school each year.

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.

Florida Southern Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Florida Southern Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Florida Southern 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 Florida Southern

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

Florida Southern Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

51% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 49% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Florida Southern since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Florida Southern 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 Florida Southern College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 30
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at Florida Southern College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Florida Southern College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government 17
Economics 12
General Social Sciences 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 FL, the home state for Florida Southern College.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers 47,960 $54,120
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 34,950 $64,730
Managers 23,160 $99,240
Social Sciences Professors 2,830 $68,400
Urban and Regional Planners 2,350 $72,910

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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