Social Sciences at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

If you plan to study social sciences, take a look at what University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UAPB is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and has a total student population of 2,668. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in social sciences from UAPB.

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.

UAPB Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

UAPB Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how UAPB performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social sciences major at UAPB 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Social Sciences Schools	742

Social Sciences Student Demographics at UAPB

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

UAPB Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from UAPB in 2020-2021, 63% were men and 38% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at UAPB since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Social Sciences	16

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Psychology
• Education

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
High School Teachers	11,480	$51,780
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	4,720	$68,050
Managers	3,360	$86,410
Statisticians	380	$76,630
Social Sciences Professors	250	$52,750

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.