Social Sciences at St Mary’s College of Maryland

Every social sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the social sciences program at St Mary's College of Maryland stacks up to those at other schools.

SMCM is located in St. Mary's City, Maryland and has a total student population of 1,508.

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.

SMCM Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

SMCM Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at SMCM 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 SMCM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at St Mary’s College of Maryland.

SMCM Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% 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 SMCM since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at SMCM are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from St Mary's College of Maryland with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	42
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at St Mary's College of Maryland. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Economics	39
Political Science & Government	24
Sociology	13
Anthropology	9

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History
• English Language & Literature

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 MD, the home state for St Mary's College of Maryland.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	10,500	$67,900
Statisticians	2,950	$107,400
Social Scientists	2,090	$98,920

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 Steve Pribut under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.