General Social Sciences at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year. Of the 10,333 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Florida - Main Campus in 2021, 158 of them were general social sciences majors.

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

USF Tampa General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at USF Tampa

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USF Tampa offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

USF Tampa General Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences progam at USF Tampa 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 social sciences major at USF Tampa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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
Best Value General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Focused General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73
Most Focused General Social Sciences Schools	152

How Much Do Social Sciences Graduates from USF Tampa Make?

The median salary of social sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at USF Tampa is $31,797. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,131 for all social sciences students.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at USF Tampa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social sciences majors at University of South Florida - Main Campus.

USF Tampa General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 158 social sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from USF Tampa, about 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at USF Tampa since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Florida - Main Campus with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	70
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

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

Related Majors

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

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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Social Sciences Professors	2,830	$68,400
Social Scientists	1,540	$78,510
Statisticians	630	$81,960

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.