Sociology at Jacksonville University

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

JU is located in Jacksonville, Florida and approximately 4,053 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from JU.

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

JU Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

JU Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology progam at JU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at JU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. 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 Popular Sociology Schools	449

Earnings of JU Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at JU is $23,879. This is less than $30,566, which is the national average of all sociology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Sociology Student Demographics at JU

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

JU Sociology Bachelor’s Program

The sociology program at JU awarded 20 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Geography & Cartography
• General Social Sciences
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology 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
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Sociology Professors	220	$89,790
Sociologists	50	$78,490

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.