Sociology at Georgia Southwestern State University

What traits are you looking for in a sociology school? To help you decide if Georgia Southwestern State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's sociology program.

GSW is located in Americus, Georgia and approximately 3,162 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from GSW.

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

GSW Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

GSW Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how GSW performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at GSW 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 Schools	299
	345
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	445
Best Sociology Schools	459
Most Popular Sociology Schools	550

How Much Do Sociology Graduates from GSW Make?

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at GSW is $29,945. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology students.

Sociology Student Demographics at GSW

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

GSW Sociology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at GSW since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GSW 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

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southwestern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Sociology Professors	150	$88,790

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.