General Social Sciences at Jacksonville University

Every general social sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the social sciences program at Jacksonville University stacks up to those at other schools.

JU is located in Jacksonville, Florida and has a total student population of 4,053.

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.

JU General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

JU General Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at JU 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 JU

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

JU General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 JU since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Jacksonville University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Social Sciences	11

Related Majors

• Economics
• Geography & Cartography
• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

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 FL, the home state for Jacksonville University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Social Sciences Professors	2,830	$68,400
Social Scientists	1,540	$78,510
Statisticians	630	$81,960

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 Humanities under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.