Social Sciences at Occidental College

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

Oxy is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 1,839. Of the 487 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College in 2021, 143 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.

Oxy Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Oxy Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how Oxy 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 Oxy 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
Most Focused Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused Social Sciences Schools	13
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113
Best Social Sciences Schools	121
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Most Popular Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	274

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Oxy

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

Oxy Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 143 social sciences majors earned their bachelor's degree from Oxy. Of these graduates, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Oxy since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Oxy 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 Occidental College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	80
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Oxy 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 Occidental College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Occidental College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Economics	51
Political Science & Government	35
International Relations & National Security	31
Sociology	26

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Psychology

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 CA, the home state for Occidental College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	98,590	$78,090
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Urban and Regional Planners	7,950	$93,790
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860

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 The Port of Authority under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.