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General Social Sciences at Grand Valley State University

General Social Sciences at Grand Valley State University

If you plan to study general social sciences, take a look at what Grand Valley State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and has a total student population of 23,350.

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

GVSU General Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

GVSU General Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at GVSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Social Sciences. 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at GVSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Grand Valley State University.

GVSU General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at GVSU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 40
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within General Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at Grand Valley State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Grand Valley State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Social Sciences 37

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers 24,130 $62,950
Managers 6,370 $98,780
Social Science Research Assistants 890 $43,360
Statisticians 780 $80,920
Social Scientists 380 $75,380

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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