Sociology at SUNY Oswego

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

SUNY Oswego is located in Oswego, New York and approximately 7,636 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,702 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego in 2021, 12 of them were sociology majors.

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

SUNY Oswego Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

SUNY Oswego Sociology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at SUNY Oswego 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
	445
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	547
Best Sociology Schools	555

Earnings of SUNY Oswego Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Oswego is $28,261. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology students.

Sociology Student Demographics at SUNY Oswego

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at SUNY Oswego.

SUNY Oswego Sociology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 sociology majors earned their bachelor's degree from SUNY Oswego. Of these graduates, 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology at SUNY Oswego 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 SUNY Oswego with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Anthropology
• 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Oswego.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Sociology Professors	1,290	$90,250
Sociologists	190	$75,800

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 Lordvaluemart under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.