Sociology at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

If you plan to study sociology, take a look at what University of Maryland - Baltimore County has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 13,497.

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

UMBC Sociology Degrees Available

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

UMBC Sociology Rankings

The sociology major at UMBC 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.

Sociology Student Demographics at UMBC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

UMBC Sociology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at UMBC since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Maryland - Baltimore County with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UMBC Sociology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of sociology master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - Baltimore County with a master's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Sociology

If you plan to be a sociology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maryland - Baltimore County. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology	55

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography
• Other Social Sciences
• Political Science & Government

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Sociology Professors	190	$87,410
Sociologists	60	$74,540

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 Tim Menzies under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.