Social Sciences at Loyola Marymount University

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

Loyola Marymount is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 9,686. Of the 1,856 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University in 2021, 322 of them were social sciences majors.

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.

Loyola Marymount Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Loyola Marymount Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how Loyola Marymount 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 Loyola Marymount 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	124
Most Popular Social Sciences Schools	169
	284
	305
Best Value Social Sciences Schools	544

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Loyola Marymount

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

Loyola Marymount Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

The social sciences program at Loyola Marymount awarded 322 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 46% of these degrees went to men with the other 54% going to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Loyola Marymount since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	79
White	136
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

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

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 Loyola Marymount University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government	90
Sociology	87
Economics	82
International Relations & National Security	51
Urban Studies	12

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Education

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 Loyola Marymount University.

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
• Image Credit: By Mishigaki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.