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. Of the 6,226 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University in 2021, 337 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.

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.

How Much Do Social Sciences Graduates from Wazzu Make?

The median salary of social sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wazzu is $37,484. This is 17% higher than $32,131, which is the national average for all social sciences bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 337 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social sciences from Wazzu in 2021, 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 Wazzu since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 65% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	218
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	33

Wazzu 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
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Economics
• 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
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