General Social Sciences at Metropolitan State University

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

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 7,552 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,934 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University in 2021, 29 of them were general social sciences majors.

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

Metro State General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Metro State General Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences progam at Metro State 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 Metro State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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
	48
Most Focused General Social Sciences Schools	131

How Much Do Social Sciences Graduates from Metro State Make?

The median salary of social sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at Metro State is $34,910. This is 9% higher than $32,131, which is the national average for all social sciences bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Metro State

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

Metro State General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 social sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Metro State, about 21% were men and 79% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Metropolitan State University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Economics

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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
High School Teachers	20,940	$64,610
Managers	9,350	$128,590
Statisticians	820	$95,930
Social Scientists	460	$94,380
Social Sciences Professors	80	$83,500

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 Tony Webster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.