General Social Sciences at Lock Haven University

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

LHU is located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,163. Of the 522 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lock Haven University in 2021, 9 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.

LHU General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

LHU General Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how LHU 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 LHU 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
Most Focused General Social Sciences Schools	136

Social Sciences Student Demographics at LHU

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

LHU General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at LHU since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at LHU 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 Lock Haven University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Political Science & Government

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 PA, the home state for Lock Haven University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Statisticians	3,710	$85,180
Social Science Research Assistants	1,480	$43,710
Social Sciences Professors	590	$95,490

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 Ruhrfisch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.