Social Sciences is a program of study at Elon University. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in social sciences, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Elon is in the top 10% of the country for social sciences. More specifically it was ranked #70 out of 866 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #4 in North Carolina.
Here are some of the other rankings for Elon.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Elon was $1,191 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $37,414 | $37,414 |
Fees | $507 | $507 |
Books and Supplies | $900 | $900 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,141 | $13,141 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,600 | $2,600 |
Learn more about Elon tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Elon 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 Elon Online Learning page.
Women made up around 58.7% of the social sciences students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 54.0%.
Around 19.0% of social sciences bachelor’s degree recipients at Elon in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 8 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 93 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Social Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Anthropology | 5 |
Economics | 23 |
Political Science & Government | 78 |
Sociology | 15 |
*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.