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Social Sciences at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Social Sciences at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

If you are interested in studying social sciences, you may want to check out the program at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMass Dartmouth is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts and approximately 7,869 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.

UMass Dartmouth Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

UMass Dartmouth Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at UMass Dartmouth 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at UMass Dartmouth

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

UMass Dartmouth Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at UMass Dartmouth are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Massachusetts - Dartmouth with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 28
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 63
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government 31
Sociology & Anthropology 15
Economics 7
Sociology 1

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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers 26,420 $80,020
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 20,070 $74,510
Managers 8,660 $131,450
Statisticians 3,090 $108,670
Social Science Research Assistants 2,040 $55,310

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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