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Pennsylvania State University - World Campus Bachelor’s in General Social Sciences

The main focus area for this major is General Social Sciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

General Social Sciences is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in social sciences, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State World Campus Bachelor’s in Social Sciences

If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. The social sciences major at Penn State World Campus is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Sciences. 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.

Here are some of the other rankings for Penn State World Campus.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Online General Social Sciences Schools 35
Most Popular Colleges for General Social Sciences 102
Most Focused Colleges for General Social Sciences 125

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Social Sciences from Penn State World Campus Cost?

$13,988 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

Penn State World Campus Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

In 2018-2019, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Penn State World Campus was $555 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $13,484 $13,484
Fees $504 $504
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840

Learn more about Penn State World Campus tuition and fees.

Does Penn State World Campus Offer an Online Bachelor’s in Social Sciences?

If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. Penn State World Campus does offer online classes in its social sciences bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Penn State World Campus Online Learning page.

Penn State World Campus Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Social Sciences

30 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
63.3% Women
43.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 30 bachelor’s degrees in social sciences awarded during the 2018-2019 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 63.3% of the social sciences students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2018-2019. This is less than the nationwide number of 65.4%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in social sciences at Penn State World Campus in 2018-2019, 43.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 40%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
Native American or Alaska Native 1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 16
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Bachelor’s in Social Sciences Focus Areas at Penn State World Campus

General Social Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Social Sciences 30

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general social sciences.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 65
International Relations & National Security 28
Political Science & Government 40

View All General Social Sciences Related Majors >

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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