Sociology at West Virginia Wesleyan College

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

West Virginia Wesleyan is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia and has a total student population of 1,066. Of the 241 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 2021, 3 of them were sociology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sociology section at the bottom of this page.

West Virginia Wesleyan Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

West Virginia Wesleyan Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology progam at West Virginia Wesleyan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 sociology major at West Virginia Wesleyan is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. 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 Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	420
Most Popular Sociology Schools	917

Sociology Student Demographics at West Virginia Wesleyan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

West Virginia Wesleyan Sociology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from West Virginia Wesleyan. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology at West Virginia Wesleyan 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 West Virginia Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

West Virginia Wesleyan also has a doctoral program available in sociology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Social Sciences
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WV, the home state for West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Sociology Professors	100	$49,580

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 Fryeguy91 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.