Sociology at Occidental College

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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Oxy.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Focused Sociology Schools	39
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	112
Best Sociology Schools	115
	256
	261
Most Popular Sociology Schools	379
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	500

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

Of the 26 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in sociology from Oxy in 2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

About 54% 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	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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
• Image Credit: By The Port of Authority under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.