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General Social Sciences at Rio Hondo College

General Social Sciences at Rio Hondo College

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

RHCCD is located in Whittier, California and approximately 15,692 students attend the school each year.

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

RHCCD General Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Social Sciences

RHCCD General Social Sciences Rankings

Social Sciences Student Demographics at RHCCD

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

RHCCD General Social Sciences Associate’s Program

91% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 9% of social sciences associate's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

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RHCCD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in social sciences graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rio Hondo College with a associate's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 19
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within General Social Sciences

General 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 Rio Hondo College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Social Sciences 30

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 CA, the home state for Rio Hondo College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Statisticians 5,650 $99,860
Social Scientists 4,950 $78,970
Social Sciences Professors 2,760 $147,680

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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