Sociology at Grambling State University

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

GSU is located in Grambling, Louisiana and has a total student population of 5,438. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from GSU.

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

GSU Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

GSU Sociology Rankings

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

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 GSU 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	278
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	465

Sociology Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU Sociology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from GSU. About 62% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at GSU since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% 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 Grambling State University with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GSU 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
• General Social Sciences

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 LA, the home state for Grambling State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Managers	9,790	$87,080

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.