Social Sciences at Buffalo State

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

Buffalo State is located in Buffalo, New York and approximately 8,339 students attend the school each year.

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.

Buffalo State Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences

Buffalo State Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Buffalo State 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 Buffalo State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at Buffalo State.

Buffalo State Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Buffalo State with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	38
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Buffalo State Social Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of social sciences master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Buffalo State with a master's in social sciences.

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

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Buffalo State. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Economics	62
Sociology	42
Political Science & Government	13
Geography & Cartography	8
International Relations & National Security	7
Anthropology	6
Urban Studies	4

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 NY, the home state for Buffalo State.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	63,520	$77,230
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Social Science Research Assistants	6,290	$49,000
Social Sciences Professors	2,570	$101,250

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 Fortunate4now under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.