Social Sciences at Niagara University

Every social sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the social sciences program at Niagara University stacks up to those at other schools.

Niagara is located in Niagara University, New York and approximately 3,544 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received their master's degree in social sciences.

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

Niagara Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences

Niagara Social Sciences Rankings

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Niagara

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

Niagara Social Sciences Master’s Program

The social sciences program at Niagara awarded 14 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 64% of these degrees went to men with the other 36% going to women.

Of the students who received a social sciences master's degree from Niagara, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

If you plan to be a social sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Niagara University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminology	14

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Psychology
• Education

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 NY, the home state for Niagara University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	63,520	$77,230
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Social Science Research Assistants	6,290	$49,000
Social Sciences Professors	2,570	$101,250

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 banderas under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.