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General Social Sciences at Washington State University

General Social Sciences at Washington State University

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

Wazzu is located in Pullman, Washington and approximately 31,159 students attend the school each year.

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.

Wazzu General Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Wazzu General Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Wazzu 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Wazzu

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

Wazzu General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Wazzu since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Wazzu 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 Washington State University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 19
Hispanic or Latino 41
White 127
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 30

Concentrations Within General Social Sciences

General Social Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Washington State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Social Sciences 337

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 Washington State University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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