Sociology at Fort Hays State University

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

FHSU is located in Hays, Kansas and approximately 15,033 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,223 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Fort Hays State University in 2021, 38 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.

FHSU Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Online Classes Are Available at FHSU

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.

FHSU does offer online education options in sociology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

FHSU Sociology Rankings

The sociology major at FHSU 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.

Earnings of FHSU Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at FHSU is $34,326. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.

Sociology Student Demographics at FHSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at Fort Hays State University.

FHSU Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 38 sociology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from FHSU, about 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at FHSU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology at FHSU 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 Fort Hays State University with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• 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 KS, the home state for Fort Hays State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Managers	2,420	$102,560
Sociology Professors	250	$72,740

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 Sesamehoneytart under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.