General Social Sciences at University of Utah

Every general 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 Utah stacks up to those at other schools.

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 33,081 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,437 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Utah in 2021, 114 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.

U of U General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

U of U General Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences progam at U of U compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social sciences major at U of U 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 General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools	46
Most Focused General Social Sciences Schools	127

Earnings of U of U Social Sciences Graduates

The median salary of social sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at U of U is $39,139. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $32,131 for all social sciences bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at U of U

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

U of U General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

The social sciences program at U of U awarded 114 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 72% going to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at U of U 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 Utah with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	63
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Urban Studies
• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography
• Criminology

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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
High School Teachers	10,170	$59,070
Managers	3,310	$102,290
Statisticians	450	$75,000
Survey Researchers	260	$53,020
Social Scientists	150	$67,320

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.