by our College Data Analytics TeamSocial Sciences is a program of study at Sweet Briar College. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in social sciences, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, 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 social sciences major at Sweet Briar 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 Sweet Briar.
Part-time undergraduates at Sweet Briar paid an average of $915 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $21,900 | $21,900 |
| Fees | $800 | $800 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,300 | $1,300 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $13,500 | $13,500 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,850 | $2,850 |
Learn more about Sweet Briar tuition and fees.
Sweet Briar does not offer an online option for its social sciences bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Sweet Briar Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in social sciences in 2019-2020, all of them were women.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 42.9% of the social sciences bachelor’s degrees at Sweet Briar in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 8 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Social Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | 1 |
| Archeology | 2 |
| International Relations & National Security | 6 |
| Political Science & Government | 5 |
*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.
