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General Social Sciences at Whittier College

General Social Sciences at Whittier College

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

Whittier is located in Whittier, California and approximately 1,564 students attend the school each year.

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.

Whittier General Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Social Sciences

Whittier General Social Sciences Rankings

The general social sciences major at Whittier 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.

General Social Sciences Student Demographics at Whittier

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

Whittier General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

79% Women
68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of general social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general social sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 9
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That General Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 Whittier College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Social Scientists 4,950 $78,970
Social Sciences Professors 2,760 $147,680
Social Science Research Assistants 2,380 $49,630

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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