Social Sciences at Lyon College

If you are interested in studying social sciences, you may want to check out the program at Lyon College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Lyon is located in Batesville, Arkansas and approximately 665 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 29 social sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Lyon.

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.

Lyon Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Lyon Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences progam at Lyon compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social sciences major at Lyon 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 Focused Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	97
Most Focused Social Sciences Schools	130
Most Popular Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	711
Most Popular Social Sciences Schools	870

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Lyon

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

Lyon Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

The social sciences program at Lyon awarded 29 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 69% of these degrees went to men with the other 31% 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 Lyon since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Lyon 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

The following social sciences concentations are available at Lyon College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Lyon College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Economics	15
Political Science & Government	12
Anthropology	2

Related Majors

• History
• Education
• 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 AR, the home state for Lyon College.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
High School Teachers	11,480	$51,780
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	4,720	$68,050
Managers	3,360	$86,410
Statisticians	380	$76,630
Social Sciences Professors	250	$52,750

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 misterhaha under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.