Sociology at Winston - Salem State University

If you are interested in studying sociology, you may want to check out the program at Winston - Salem State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WSSU is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 5,169 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 sociology majors received their bachelor's degree from WSSU.

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

WSSU Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

WSSU Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology progam at WSSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 WSSU 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
	609
Most Popular Sociology Schools	736

Earnings of WSSU Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at WSSU is $17,643. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology students.

Sociology Student Demographics at WSSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at Winston - Salem State University.

WSSU Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Sociology from WSSU in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at WSSU since its program graduates 32% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Winston - Salem State University with a bachelor's in sociology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Political Science & Government

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 NC, the home state for Winston - Salem State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Sociology Professors	500	$77,720
Sociologists	70	$95,260

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 Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.