Sociology at Texas State University

Every sociology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sociology program at Texas State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and approximately 37,812 students attend the school each year.

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

Texas State Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology
• Master’s Degree in Sociology

Texas State Sociology Rankings

The sociology major at Texas State 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.

Sociology Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Sociology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas State since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas State University with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Texas State Sociology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of sociology master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

In the sociology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 78% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Sociology

If you plan to be a sociology 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 Texas State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology	96
Applied/Public Sociology	7

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Economics
• Geography & Cartography
• 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 TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Sociology Professors	1,010	$82,580

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.