General Social Sciences at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

If you are interested in studying general social sciences, you may want to check out the program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

The Colleges is located in Geneva, New York and has a total student population of 1,833. Of the 638 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 2021, 2 of them were general social sciences majors.

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.

The Colleges General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

The Colleges General Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how The Colleges performed in these rankings.

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 The Colleges 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	21
Best Value General Social Sciences Schools	162
Most Popular General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171
Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools	299

Social Sciences Student Demographics at The Colleges

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

The Colleges General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Social Sciences from The Colleges in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at The Colleges 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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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

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

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 NY, the home state for Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Social Science Research Assistants	6,290	$49,000
Social Sciences Professors	2,570	$101,250
Social Scientists	2,410	$84,940

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 Aoliveira414 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.