General Social Sciences at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

If you plan to study general social sciences, take a look at what The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in social sciences from UT Rio Grande Valley.

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

UT Rio Grande Valley General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

UT Rio Grande Valley General Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how UT Rio Grande Valley 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 social sciences major at UT Rio Grande Valley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	125
	164

Social Sciences Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in social sciences from UT Rio Grande Valley. About 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Rio Grande Valley since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Rio Grande Valley also has a doctoral program available in social sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government

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 Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Social Scientists	1,970	$80,430
Statisticians	1,860	$84,940
Social Science Research Assistants	1,480	$49,230

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.