Social Sciences at Radford University

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

Radford is located in Radford, Virginia and approximately 10,695 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 90 students received a bachelor's degree in social sciences from Radford.

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.

Radford Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at Radford

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Radford offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

Radford Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how Radford performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social sciences major at Radford 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	483
	506
Most Focused Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	594

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Radford

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

Radford Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% 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 Radford since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Radford 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 Radford University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	53
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at Radford University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Radford University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government	23
Sociology	18
General Social Sciences	14
Anthropology	14
Economics	13
Geography & Cartography	8

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Education

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 VA, the home state for Radford University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	20,130	$75,050
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Social Scientists	4,050	$110,090
Urban and Regional Planners	1,380	$73,770

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 Matt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.