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Social Sciences at Sacred Heart University

If you are interested in studying social sciences, you may want to check out the program at Sacred Heart University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 9,313 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,407 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Sacred Heart University in 2021, 46 of them were social sciences majors.

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.

Sacred Heart Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Sacred Heart Social Sciences Rankings

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

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 social sciences major at Sacred Heart 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
262
Most Popular Social Sciences Schools 717

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

35% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 46 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from Sacred Heart in 2020-2021, 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Sacred Heart since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

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About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 28
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Sacred Heart University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Economics 25
Political Science & Government 15
Sociology 6

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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers 15,410 $76,980
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 7,410 $77,010
Managers 6,590 $129,730
Statisticians 490 $101,820
Urban and Regional Planners 400 $79,500

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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