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Social Sciences at Hanover College

Social Sciences at Hanover College

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

Hanover is located in Hanover, Indiana and approximately 1,028 students attend the school each year.

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

Hanover Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Hanover Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Hanover is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Hanover

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Hanover College.

Hanover Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

61% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 39% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Hanover 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 Hanover College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 17
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

If you plan to be a social sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hanover College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Economics 10
Political Science & Government 9
Sociology 7
Anthropology 3

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 IN, the home state for Hanover College.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers 19,690 $53,030
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 9,290 $56,560
Managers 7,290 $71,560
Urban and Regional Planners 460 $56,800

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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