Social Sciences at Los Angeles Harbor College

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

LAHC is located in Wilmington, California and approximately 8,101 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.

LAHC Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at LAHC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? LAHC offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

LAHC Social Sciences Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at LAHC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Los Angeles Harbor College.

LAHC Social Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of social sciences associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

LAHC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in social sciences graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Los Angeles Harbor College with a associate's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Los Angeles Harbor College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology	8
Political Science & Government	7
Economics	5
Anthropology	2

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Psychology

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 CA, the home state for Los Angeles Harbor College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	98,590	$78,090
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Urban and Regional Planners	7,950	$93,790
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.