Social Sciences at Saddleback College

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

Saddleback College is located in Mission Viejo, California and approximately 18,984 students attend the school each year.

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.

Saddleback College Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at Saddleback College

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? Saddleback College offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Saddleback College Social Sciences 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Saddleback College

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

Saddleback College Social Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of social sciences associate's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

Saddleback College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in social sciences graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	67
White	101
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

If you plan to be a social sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Saddleback College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology	65
Economics	62
Political Science & Government	60
Anthropology	19
Geography & Cartography	9
General Social Sciences	3

Related Majors

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

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 Saddleback College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	98,590	$78,090
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Urban and Regional Planners	7,950	$93,790
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.