Social Sciences at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin

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

UT Permian Basin is located in Odessa, Texas and approximately 5,530 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.

UT Permian Basin Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at UT Permian Basin

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UT Permian Basin does offer online courses in social sciences for the following degree levels:

UT Permian Basin Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at UT Permian Basin 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 UT Permian Basin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

UT Permian Basin Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology	24
Political Science & Government	17

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History
• English Language & Literature
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	29,560	$78,200
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Urban and Regional Planners	2,270	$69,070
Social Scientists	1,970	$80,430

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.