Social Sciences at Middlebury College

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

Middlebury is located in Middlebury, Vermont and approximately 2,669 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 245 social sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Middlebury.

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.

Middlebury Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Middlebury Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how Middlebury 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 Middlebury 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 Schools	16
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Best Social Sciences Schools	64
Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	436
Best Value Social Sciences Schools	485

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Middlebury

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

Middlebury Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 245 social sciences majors earned their bachelor's degree from Middlebury. Of these graduates, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Middlebury since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Middlebury are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	144
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Middlebury 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

Social Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Middlebury College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Economics	97
Political Science & Government	62
International Relations & National Security	38
Sociology	24
Geography & Cartography	20
Anthropology	4

Related Majors

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

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 VT, the home state for Middlebury College.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
High School Teachers	2,130	$65,850
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	1,550	$63,290
Managers	570	$105,950
Urban and Regional Planners	170	$60,780
Statisticians	90	$69,750

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 Funuk under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.