Sociology at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

If you are interested in studying sociology, 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 approximately 6,130 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Ship.

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

Ship Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Ship Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how Ship performed in these rankings.

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 Ship 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
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	348
	385
Most Focused Sociology Schools	445

How Much Do Sociology Graduates from Ship Make?

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ship is $29,980. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology students.

Sociology Student Demographics at Ship

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

Ship Sociology Bachelor’s Program

The sociology program at Ship awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Ship since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology 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 sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• 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 PA, the home state for Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Sociology Professors	800	$80,290
Sociologists	60	$121,470

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.