General Social Sciences at Westmont College

What traits are you looking for in a social sciences school? To help you decide if Westmont College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's social sciences program.

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 1,226 students attend the school each year. Of the 341 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Westmont College in 2021, 8 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.

Westmont General Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Westmont General Social Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how Westmont 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 Westmont 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 Focused General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Focused General Social Sciences Schools	99
Most Popular General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
Most Popular General Social Sciences Schools	199

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Westmont

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

Westmont General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in social sciences from Westmont. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Westmont since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Westmont College with a bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Sociology
• 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 CA, the home state for Westmont College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Social Sciences Professors	2,760	$147,680

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.