General Social Sciences at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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 Washington - Seattle Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 48,149 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students received a bachelor's degree in social sciences from UW Seattle.

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.

UW Seattle General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at UW Seattle

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

UW Seattle General Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at UW Seattle 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.

Earnings of UW Seattle Social Sciences Graduates

The median salary of social sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Seattle is $47,335. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 47% higher than the national average of $32,131 for all social sciences bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at UW Seattle 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	52
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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

Related Majors

• Archeology
• International Relations & National Security
• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography
• Sociology

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Statisticians	1,280	$100,670
Social Scientists	760	$77,850
Social Science Research Assistants	420	$47,300

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.