by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 38,475 people earned their degree in sociology, making the major the 25th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,426 and had an average of $24,587 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 868 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,734 and $26,077 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 32 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. That schools that top this list have a program in sociology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree sociology students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware County Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Delaware County Community College is a public institution located in Media, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 32 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Sociology at Delaware County Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Scranton. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Pennsylvania. University of Scranton is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 associates’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Luzerne County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Pennsylvania. Luzerne County Community College is a small school located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 associates’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Sociology at Luzerne County Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Beaver County. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Pennsylvania. Community College of Beaver County is located in Monaca, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s sociology degrees to qualified students.
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