Sociology at Gettysburg College

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Gettysburg is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,507 students attend the school each year.

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

Gettysburg Sociology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Gettysburg Sociology Rankings

The sociology major at Gettysburg 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.

Sociology Student Demographics at Gettysburg

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

Gettysburg Sociology Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Gettysburg since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology at Gettysburg 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 Gettysburg College with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 PA, the home state for Gettysburg College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Sociology Professors	800	$80,290
Sociologists	60	$121,470

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 Jason Kowell under License

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