Other Social Sciences at University of California - Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327. In 2021, 217 other social sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley.

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

UC Berkeley Other Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Other Social Sciences

UC Berkeley Other Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the other social sciences progam at UC Berkeley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 other social sciences major at UC Berkeley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Other 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 Popular Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in other social sciences from UC Berkeley. This is the #30 most popular school for other social sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UC Berkeley Other Social Sciences Graduates

The median salary of other social sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley is $55,102. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 73% higher than the national average of $31,812 for all other social sciences bachelor's degree recipients.

Other Social Sciences Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of other social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical other social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its other 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 California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in other social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	62
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	65
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

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

Related Majors

• Demography & Population Studies
• Urban Studies
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Other Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in other 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970

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 LAgirl5252 under License

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