Sociology at Pacific University

Every sociology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sociology program at Pacific University stacks up to those at other schools.

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year. Of the 470 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific University in 2021, 6 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.

Pacific Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Pacific Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology progam at Pacific compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Pacific 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 Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	664

Sociology Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Sociology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Pacific. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Pacific 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
• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government
• Criminology

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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Managers	7,850	$94,400
Sociology Professors	170	$82,240

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.