General Social Sciences at Waynesburg University

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 Waynesburg University stacks up to those at other schools.

Waynesburg is located in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,576. Of the 305 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Waynesburg University in 2021, 7 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.

Waynesburg General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Waynesburg General Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how Waynesburg performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social sciences major at Waynesburg 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
Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools	207

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Waynesburg

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

Waynesburg General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% 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 Waynesburg since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Waynesburg 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 Waynesburg University with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 PA, the home state for Waynesburg University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Statisticians	3,710	$85,180
Social Science Research Assistants	1,480	$43,710
Social Sciences Professors	590	$95,490

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.