Sociology at Roanoke College

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

Roanoke is located in Salem, Virginia and approximately 1,920 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Roanoke.

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

Roanoke Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Roanoke Sociology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Roanoke 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
	48
	51
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Best Sociology Schools	63
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
Most Focused Sociology Schools	102
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	344
Best Value Sociology Schools	363
Most Popular Sociology Schools	485

Sociology Student Demographics at Roanoke

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

Roanoke Sociology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Roanoke since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• International Relations & National Security
• Political Science & Government

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 VA, the home state for Roanoke College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Sociology Professors	430	$73,710

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 roanokecollege under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.