Social Sciences at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

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

Ship is located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,130.

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.

Ship Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Social Sciences (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Ship Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Ship 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Ship

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

Ship Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Ship since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Ship 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	34
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government	24
Sociology	17
Economics	8
Geography & Cartography	3

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature
• History
• 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 PA, the home state for Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	26,750	$68,630
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Statisticians	3,710	$85,180
Social Science Research Assistants	1,480	$43,710

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 Cgboeree under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.