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California State University - Los Angeles Master’s in Social Sciences

Social Sciences is a program of study at California State University - Los Angeles. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in social sciences, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Social Sciences from Cal State LA Cost?

Cal State LA Graduate Tuition and Fees

The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$7,176	$16,680
Fees	$1,043	$1,043

Does Cal State LA Offer an Online Master’s in Social Sciences?

Cal State LA does not offer an online option for its social sciences master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Cal State LA Online Learning page.

Cal State LA Master’s Student Diversity for Social Sciences

There were 68 master’s degrees in social sciences awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 57.4% of the social sciences students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 50.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 70.6% of the social sciences master’s degrees at Cal State LA in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 24%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	35
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	9
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Master’s in Social Sciences Focus Areas at Cal State LA

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Anthropology	17
Economics	23
Geography & Cartography	6
Political Science & Government	10
Sociology	12

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.