Social Sciences at Rhode Island College

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

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 7,072 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students received a bachelor's degree in social sciences from RIC.

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.

RIC Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

RIC Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences progam at RIC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 RIC 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
	292

Social Sciences Student Demographics at RIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Rhode Island College.

RIC Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 62 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social sciences from RIC in 2021, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at RIC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at RIC 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 Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

RIC 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

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 Rhode Island College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology	26
Political Science & Government	25
Economics	6
Anthropology	4
Geography & Cartography	1

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology

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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
High School Teachers	4,410	$71,440
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	2,060	$72,180
Managers	830	$114,660
Urban and Regional Planners	170	$74,510
Political Science Professors	110	$122,390

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.