Social Sciences at Westminster College Pennsylvania

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

Westminster New Wilmington is located in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,228.

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.

Westminster New Wilmington Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Westminster New Wilmington Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Westminster New Wilmington 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 Westminster New Wilmington

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

Westminster New Wilmington Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% 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 Westminster New Wilmington since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Westminster New Wilmington 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 Westminster College Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

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 Westminster College Pennsylvania. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Economics	7
Sociology	7
Political Science & Government	6

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• English Language & Literature
• Communication & Journalism

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 Westminster College Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	26,750	$68,630
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Statisticians	3,710	$85,180
Social Science Research Assistants	1,480	$43,710

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 Westminster College, Fulton MO under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.