Sociology at Westminster College Pennsylvania

If you are interested in studying sociology, you may want to check out the program at Westminster College Pennsylvania. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Westminster New Wilmington is located in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,228. Of the 252 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Westminster College Pennsylvania in 2021, 7 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.

Westminster New Wilmington Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Westminster New Wilmington Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how Westminster New Wilmington performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Westminster New Wilmington 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	179
Most Focused Sociology Schools	228
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	613
Most Popular Sociology Schools	736

Sociology Student Demographics at Westminster New Wilmington

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

Westminster New Wilmington Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 sociology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Westminster New Wilmington, about 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Westminster New Wilmington since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology 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 sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Westminster New Wilmington also has a doctoral program available in sociology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 PA, the home state for Westminster College Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Sociology Professors	800	$80,290
Sociologists	60	$121,470

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.