Sociology & Anthropology at St Olaf College

What traits are you looking for in a sociology and anthropology school? To help you decide if St Olaf College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's sociology and anthropology program.

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and approximately 2,953 students attend the school each year. Of the 942 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from St Olaf College in 2021, 23 of them were sociology and anthropology majors.

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

St. Olaf Sociology & Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology & Anthropology

St. Olaf Sociology & Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology and anthropology progam at St. Olaf compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology and anthropology major at St. Olaf is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology & Anthropology. 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 & Anthropology Schools	15
Most Focused Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Best Value Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
	25

Earnings of St. Olaf Sociology & Anthropology Graduates

The median salary of sociology and anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at St. Olaf is $19,528. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $25,665 for all sociology and anthropology students.

Sociology & Anthropology Student Demographics at St. Olaf

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology and anthropology majors at St Olaf College.

St. Olaf Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology from St. Olaf. About 13% were men and 87% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from St Olaf College with a bachelor's in sociology and anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Political Science & Government
• Economics

Careers That Sociology & Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology and anthropology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for St Olaf College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Managers	9,350	$128,590
Sociology Professors	270	$81,490
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	100	$89,460

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 Daniel Edwins a.k.a. Webmoof of English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.