Sociology & Anthropology at Nebraska Wesleyan University

If you plan to study sociology and anthropology, take a look at what Nebraska Wesleyan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NWU is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and approximately 1,924 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 sociology and anthropology majors received their bachelor's degree from NWU.

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

NWU Sociology & Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology & Anthropology

NWU Sociology & Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology and anthropology progam at NWU 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 and anthropology major at NWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology & Anthropology. 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 Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29

Sociology & Anthropology Student Demographics at NWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology and anthropology majors at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

NWU Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

The sociology and anthropology program at NWU awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women. The typical sociology and anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at NWU since its program graduates 54% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology and anthropology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Sociology & Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology and anthropology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NE, the home state for Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Managers	1,700	$101,380
Sociology Professors	100	$72,750
Anthropologists and Archeologists	40	$74,280

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.