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General Social Sciences at Florida State University

General Social Sciences at Florida State University

If you plan to study general social sciences, take a look at what Florida State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and has a total student population of 43,569.

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.

Florida State General Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Florida State General Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Florida State 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Florida State

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

Florida State General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

48% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 52% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Florida State since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Florida State 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 State University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 31
Hispanic or Latino 38
White 132
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

Concentrations Within General Social Sciences

If you plan to be a social sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Florida State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Social Sciences 301

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 State University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers 47,960 $54,120
Managers 23,160 $99,240
Social Sciences Professors 2,830 $68,400
Social Scientists 1,540 $78,510
Statisticians 630 $81,960

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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