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Social Sciences at Vassar College

Social Sciences at Vassar College

If you plan to study social sciences, take a look at what Vassar College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 2,435.

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.

Vassar Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Vassar Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Vassar 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 Vassar

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

Vassar Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Vassar since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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About 50% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Vassar 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 Vassar College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 17
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 19
White 85
International Students 25
Other Races/Ethnicities 22

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government 47
Economics 41
Sociology 16
Urban Studies 15
International Relations & National Security 12
Anthropology 12
Geography & Cartography 9

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 NY, the home state for Vassar College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 63,520 $77,230
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Social Science Research Assistants 6,290 $49,000
Social Sciences Professors 2,570 $101,250

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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