Sociology at Grinnell 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 Grinnell College stacks up to those at other schools.

Grinnell is located in Grinnell, Iowa and approximately 1,493 students attend the school each year. Of the 496 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Grinnell College in 2021, 30 of them were sociology majors.

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

Grinnell Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Grinnell Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology progam at Grinnell 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 Grinnell 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	28
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72
Best Sociology Schools	73
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	237
Most Popular Sociology Schools	339
	439
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	460
Best Value Sociology Schools	476

Earnings of Grinnell Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Grinnell is $27,517. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology students.

Sociology Student Demographics at Grinnell

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

Grinnell Sociology Bachelor’s Program

The sociology program at Grinnell awarded 30 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Grinnell since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	15
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 IA, the home state for Grinnell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Sociology Professors	220	$90,000

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 Aureliusxv under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.