Social Sciences at Transylvania University

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

Transylvania is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 963 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.

Transylvania Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Transylvania Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Transylvania 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 Transylvania

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

Transylvania Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Transylvania since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Transylvania 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 Transylvania University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at Transylvania University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Transylvania University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government	8
International Relations & National Security	7
Sociology	7
Anthropology	5
Economics	3
Sociology & Anthropology	2

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• 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 KY, the home state for Transylvania University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	4,650	$58,190
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Social Scientists	340	$71,870
Urban and Regional Planners	270	$53,330

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 TUPictures under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.