Sociology at Fort Lewis College

Every sociology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sociology program at Fort Lewis College stacks up to those at other schools.

FLC is located in Durango, Colorado and has a total student population of 3,469. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from FLC.

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

FLC Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

FLC Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology progam at FLC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 major at FLC 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Most Focused Sociology Schools	68
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	176
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	256
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	397
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	444

Earnings of FLC Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at FLC is $29,932. This is less than $30,566, which is the national average of all sociology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Sociology Student Demographics at FLC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at Fort Lewis College.

FLC Sociology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at FLC since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Criminology
• Political Science & Government
• Anthropology

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 CO, the home state for Fort Lewis College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Sociology Professors	290	$68,900

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.