Sociology at Williams College

54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,987.

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

Williams Sociology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Williams Sociology Rankings

The sociology major at Williams 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.

Sociology Student Demographics at Williams

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

Williams Sociology Bachelor’s Program

54% Women

54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Williams since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Sociology

Sociology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Williams College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology	8

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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Sociology Professors	730	$85,270
Sociologists	120	$111,020

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
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