Sociology at Louisiana Tech University

If you plan to study sociology, take a look at what Louisiana Tech University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and approximately 11,126 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,514 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana Tech University in 2021, 30 of them were sociology majors.

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

Louisiana Tech Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Louisiana Tech Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how Louisiana Tech performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Louisiana Tech 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	237

Sociology Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

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

Louisiana Tech Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in sociology from Louisiana Tech in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Louisiana Tech since its program graduates 42% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• 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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Managers	9,790	$87,080

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.