Sociology at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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

UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and approximately 18,025 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,200 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2021, 75 of them were sociology majors.

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

UH Manoa Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology
• Master’s Degree in Sociology
• Doctorate Degree in Sociology

UH Manoa Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how UH Manoa performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at UH Manoa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. 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
	320

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in sociology from UH Manoa. This is the #188 most popular school for sociology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in sociology, making the school the #83 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Sociology Graduates from UH Manoa Make?

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Manoa is $31,859. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.

Sociology Student Demographics at UH Manoa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at University of Hawaii at Manoa.

UH Manoa Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 75 sociology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UH Manoa, about 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at UH Manoa since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Hawaii at Manoa with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

UH Manoa Sociology Master’s Program

The sociology program at UH Manoa awarded 1 master's degree in 2020-2021.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Hawaii at Manoa with a master's in sociology.

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

UH Manoa also has a doctoral program available in sociology. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Managers	2,000	$93,760

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 No machine-readable author provided. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.