Sociology at Whitman College

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

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and approximately 1,360 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Whitman.

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

Whitman Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Whitman Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how Whitman 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 Whitman 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 Schools	45
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	342
Best Sociology Schools	347
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	379
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	581
	594
Best Value Sociology Schools	595
	605

Sociology Student Demographics at Whitman

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

Whitman Sociology Bachelor’s Program

The sociology program at Whitman awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 47% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Other Social Sciences
• 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 WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Sociology Professors	340	$72,020
Sociologists	80	$74,130

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 Adamsofen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.