Social Sciences at Oberlin College

If you plan to study social sciences, take a look at what Oberlin College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and approximately 2,658 students attend the school each year. Of the 771 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College in 2021, 110 of them were social sciences majors.

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.

Oberlin Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Oberlin Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences progam at Oberlin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Oberlin 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
Best Social Sciences Schools	91
Most Focused Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Most Focused Social Sciences Schools	161
Most Popular Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	337
Most Popular Social Sciences Schools	438
Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	472

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Oberlin

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

Oberlin Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 110 social sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Oberlin, about 45% were men and 55% were women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Oberlin 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 Oberlin College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	67
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Oberlin 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

The following social sciences concentations are available at Oberlin College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oberlin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government	49
Economics	34
Anthropology	14
Sociology	12
Archeology	1

Related Majors

• 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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers	52,240	$61,930
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	24,840	$65,920
Managers	14,410	$107,320
Social Scientists	1,660	$77,450
Urban and Regional Planners	930	$69,950

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 Matthew Trump under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.