General Social Sciences at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603. In 2021, 4 social sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Northwestern.

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.

Northwestern General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Northwestern General Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how Northwestern performed in these rankings.

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 Northwestern 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
Most Focused General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	226
Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools	247

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 social sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Northwestern, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• Anthropology
• International Relations & National Security
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Statisticians	1,820	$89,040
Survey Researchers	1,590	$57,560
Social Sciences Professors	1,250	$54,050
Social Science Research Assistants	1,030	$49,570

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.