General Social Sciences at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391.

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.

Harvard General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Harvard General Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Harvard 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 Harvard

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

Harvard General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% 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 Harvard since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	82
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Concentrations Within General Social Sciences

General Social Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Harvard University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Social Sciences	188

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Sociology
• International Relations & National Security
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Statisticians	3,090	$108,670
Social Science Research Assistants	2,040	$55,310
Survey Researchers	730	$64,950

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.