Social Sciences at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year.

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.

NKU Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at NKU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NKU offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

NKU Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at NKU 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	46
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at Northern Kentucky University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northern Kentucky University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government	22
General Social Sciences	17
International Relations & National Security	17
Anthropology	15
Sociology	8
Geography & Cartography	1

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History
• English Language & Literature
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	4,650	$58,190
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Social Scientists	340	$71,870
Urban and Regional Planners	270	$53,330

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.