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Social Sciences at Ohio Wesleyan University

Social Sciences at Ohio Wesleyan University

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

OWU is located in Delaware, Ohio and approximately 1,426 students attend the school each year.

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.

OWU Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

OWU Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at OWU 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at OWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Ohio Wesleyan University.

OWU Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

52% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at OWU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at OWU 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 Ohio Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 18
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

Social Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Ohio Wesleyan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government 18
Sociology 10
Economics 8
Geography & Cartography 3

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 Ohio Wesleyan University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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