Sociology at Occidental College

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Oxy is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 1,839.

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

Oxy Sociology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Oxy Sociology Rankings

The sociology major at Oxy 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.

Sociology Student Demographics at Oxy

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

Oxy Sociology Bachelor’s Program

56% Women

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Oxy since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology 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 sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Sociology

The following sociology 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
Sociology	26

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 CA, the home state for Occidental College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Sociologists	1,070	$98,560
Sociology Professors	970	$103,600

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
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