Social Sciences at Lewis & Clark College

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

Lewis and Clark College is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 3,157 students attend the school each year.

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.

Lewis and Clark College Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Lewis and Clark College Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Lewis and Clark College 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Lewis and Clark College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Lewis & Clark College.

Lewis and Clark College Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Lewis and Clark College 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 Lewis & Clark College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	82
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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 Lewis & Clark College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Economics	33
Sociology & Anthropology	33
International Relations & National Security	32
Political Science & Government	12

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• English Language & Literature
• 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 OR, the home state for Lewis & Clark College.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
Managers	7,850	$94,400
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	7,240	$72,170
Urban and Regional Planners	910	$81,590
Statisticians	610	$80,920

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 Otebig (talk) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.