Sociology at Saint Mary’s College of California

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

SMC is located in Moraga, California and approximately 3,439 students attend the school each year. Of the 717 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary's College of California in 2021, 16 of them were sociology majors.

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

SMC Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

SMC Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology progam at SMC 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 sociology major at SMC 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
Best Sociology Schools	253
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	371
Most Popular Sociology Schools	510
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	534

Sociology Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Sociology from SMC in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Saint Mary's College of California with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Archeology
• International Relations & National Security
• Anthropology
• Economics
• 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 CA, the home state for Saint Mary's College of California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Sociologists	1,070	$98,560
Sociology Professors	970	$103,600

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.