Social Sciences at University of North Texas

If you are interested in studying social sciences, you may want to check out the program at University of North Texas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNT is located in Denton, Texas and approximately 40,953 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 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.

UNT Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences
• Doctorate Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at UNT

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNT offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UNT Social Sciences Rankings

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in social sciences, making the school the #88 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at UNT

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

UNT Social Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of social sciences master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

Of the students who received a social sciences master's degree from UNT, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the social sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	26
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at University of North Texas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Texas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Anthropology	15
Geography & Cartography	15
Political Science & Government	14
Sociology	11
Economics	9

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Library Science

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 TX, the home state for University of North Texas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	29,560	$78,200
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Urban and Regional Planners	2,270	$69,070
Social Scientists	1,970	$80,430

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.