Sociology at McDaniel College

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

McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and approximately 2,931 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 26 sociology majors received their bachelor's degree from McDaniel.

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

McDaniel Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

McDaniel Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology progam at McDaniel compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 McDaniel 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 Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	140
Best Sociology Schools	141
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	426

Earnings of McDaniel Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at McDaniel is $32,850. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.

Sociology Student Demographics at McDaniel

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at McDaniel College.

McDaniel Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 sociology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from McDaniel, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at McDaniel since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• 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 MD, the home state for McDaniel College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Sociology Professors	190	$87,410
Sociologists	60	$74,540

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 Swissbeauty under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.