Social Sciences at University of Iowa

Every social sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the social sciences program at University of Iowa stacks up to those at other schools.

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 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.

Iowa Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences

Iowa Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Iowa 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.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in social sciences, making the school the #95 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% 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 Iowa since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Iowa 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 University of Iowa with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	327
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	33

Iowa Social Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of social sciences master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

Of the students who received a social sciences master's degree from Iowa, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Iowa with a master's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

Social Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Iowa. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government	136
Economics	135
Sociology	36
International Relations & National Security	35
Anthropology	34
Geography & Cartography	16
General Social Sciences	6

Related Majors

• Theology & Religious Vocations
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics

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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	4,970	$59,270
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Statisticians	310	$74,430
Sociology Professors	220	$90,000

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.