The main focus area for this major is Other Social Sciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Other Social Sciences is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in other social sciences, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo was ranked #25 on College Factual's Best Schools for other social sciences list. It is also ranked #6 in California.
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The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,742 | $17,622 |
Fees | $4,329 | $8,349 |
Books and Supplies | $888 | $888 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,694 | $15,694 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,190 | $2,190 |
Learn more about Cal Poly San Luis Obispo tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Other Social Sciences students who received their bachelor’s degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo took out an average of $18,000 in student loans. That is 19% lower than the national average of $22,116.
The median early career salary of other social sciences students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $30,228 per year. That is 6% lower than the national average of $32,083.
Online degrees for the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo other social sciences bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Online Learning page.
About 83.8% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in other social sciences in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 65.9%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in other social sciences at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2019-2020, 18.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 37%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 26 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Other Social Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Other Social Sciences | 37 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to other social sciences.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Economics | 52 |
Political Science & Government | 70 |
Sociology | 69 |
*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.