Sociology at Pomona College

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 Pomona College stacks up to those at other schools.

Pomona is located in Claremont, California and approximately 1,475 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Pomona.

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

Pomona Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Pomona Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how Pomona 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 Pomona 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
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Sociology Schools	18
	43
	45
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	263
Best Value Sociology Schools	282
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	315
Most Focused Sociology Schools	401
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	664
Most Popular Sociology Schools	789

Sociology Student Demographics at Pomona

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

Pomona Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 sociology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Pomona, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Pomona since its program graduates 25% 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 Pomona College with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• 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 Pomona 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 Nostalgicwisdom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.