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. In 2021, 29 social sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Hanover.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences progam at Hanover 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	165
Most Focused Social Sciences Schools	213
	260
	279
Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	384
Best Value Social Sciences Schools	433
Most Popular Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	711
Most Popular Social Sciences Schools	870

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

Of the 29 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from Hanover in 2020-2021, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Hanover since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 72% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

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

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Education
• Psychology
• Communication & Journalism

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.