Sociology at Oberlin College

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

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, 12 of them were sociology majors.

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

Oberlin Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Oberlin Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology 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 sociology major at Oberlin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. 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
	119
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	305
Most Focused Sociology Schools	393
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	493
Best Value Sociology Schools	509
Most Popular Sociology Schools	603

Sociology Student Demographics at Oberlin

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

Oberlin Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 sociology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Oberlin, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Anthropology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology 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
Managers	14,410	$107,320
Sociology Professors	620	$98,010
Sociologists	90	$67,230

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.