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Most Popular Schools for Sociology Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, family structures, social deviance and control, and applications to the study of specific social groups, social institutions, and social problems.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 University of California-Los Angeles 609 5% $34,620
2 California State University-Northridge 590 6% $22,969
3 University of California-Santa Barbara 517 8% $36,659
4 California State University-Los Angeles 416 6% $26,139
5 California State University-Fullerton 369 3% $27,738
6 California State University-Long Beach 329 3% $24,738
7 University of California-Riverside 280 5% $35,242
8 University of California-Berkeley 278 2% $38,066
9 California State University-Dominguez Hills 267 7% $23,722
10 California State University-Sacramento 258 3% $26,454
11 California State University-San Bernardino 253 5% $23,878
12 Arizona State University-Skysong 251 4% $27,521
13 CUNY Lehman College 245 8% $27,857
14 California State University-East Bay 236 4% $25,143
15 CUNY Hunter College 227 4% $22,379
16 Florida State University 224 2% $22,168
17 West Virginia University 220 4% $23,294
18 University of California-Davis 210 2% $35,177
19 University of California-Irvine 206 2% $34,261
20 Texas A & M University-College Station 205 1% $29,506
21 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 194 3% $23,694
22 Georgia State University 188 3% $26,014
23 Fullerton College 187 7% $2,884
24 SUNY at Albany 184 4% $26,734
25 University of California-Santa Cruz 183 4% $36,217
26 San Jose State University 172 2% $29,193
27 University of Washington-Seattle Campus 172 1% $27,638
28 California State University-San Marcos 169 5% $25,325
29 The University of Texas at Austin 168 1% $26,506
30 Pasadena City College 160 3% $3,084
31 San Diego State University 157 2% $29,318
32 Sonoma State University 157 6% $26,626
33 University of Florida 157 1% $21,211
34 Mt San Antonio College 154 4% $3,267
35 Florida Atlantic University 151 2% $24,235
36 Citrus College 150 3% $2,981
37 California State University-Stanislaus 147 6% $21,886
38 California State University-Channel Islands 146 7% $25,517
39 Colorado State University-Fort Collins 142 2% $26,231
40 Brigham Young University-Provo 142 2% $18,776
41 CUNY Queens College 139 4% $28,907
42 University of Utah 139 2% $24,472
43 California State University-Chico 136 3% $24,624
44 University of Central Florida 134 1% $22,548
45 University of Colorado Boulder 132 2% $31,044
46 College of the Canyons 132 3% $3,073
47 East Los Angeles College 130 2% $3,137
48 Purdue University-Main Campus 127 1% $22,822
49 El Camino Community College District 127 3% $3,064
50 Arizona State University-Tempe 125 1% $28,048
51 Florida International University 122 1% $23,506
52 Ashford University 121 1% $13,230
53 University at Buffalo 120 2% $27,758
54 Western Washington University 116 3% $24,077
55 State University of New York at New Paltz 116 5% $25,641
56 Michigan State University 115 1% $28,862
57 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 112 2% $28,891
58 Los Angeles Valley College 111 4% $3,137
59 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 110 3% $21,297
60 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus 105 2% $29,097
61 Illinois State University 104 2% $29,758
62 Stony Brook University 104 2% $26,091
63 University of Massachusetts-Amherst 104 1% $30,913
64 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 102 2% $30,360
65 American Public University System 102 1% $6,880
66 California State University-Bakersfield 100 5% $26,009
67 University of Oregon 100 2% $27,366
68 California State University-Fresno 99 2% $21,418
69 University of Missouri-Columbia 99 1% $26,766
70 The University of Texas at San Antonio 98 2% $23,715
71 University of Maryland-College Park 97 1% $27,146
72 William Paterson University of New Jersey 95 4% $29,335
73 Ventura College 94 3% $3,179
74 Santa Barbara City College 94 3% $3,054
75 San Francisco State University 93 1% $27,480
76 Virginia Commonwealth University 93 1% $32,041
77 Ohio University-Main Campus 93 1% $28,986
78 Ohio State University-Main Campus 92 1% $27,367
79 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 92 1% $26,834
80 Central New Mexico Community College 92 1% $3,066
81 Chaffey College 92 1% $3,089
82 University of Hawaii at Manoa 91 2% $29,858
83 Texas State University 89 1% $23,130
84 Kennesaw State University 89 1% $25,773
85 Oregon State University 88 1% $26,892
86 University of Georgia 87 1% $26,688
87 University of Central Oklahoma 86 3% $24,091
88 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 86 1% $30,298
89 University of Wisconsin-Madison 86 1% $26,025
90 Cerritos College 82 2% $3,200
91 Tennessee Technological University 81 3% $26,131
92 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 81 1% $27,898
93 Moorpark College 80 2% $3,179
94 University of California-San Diego 80 1% $32,838
95 New Jersey City University 79 4% $32,076
96 University of New Mexico-Main Campus 79 1% $22,639
97 University of North Carolina at Pembroke 78 7% $17,088
98 University of Illinois at Chicago 78 1% $30,866
99 Southwestern College 78 3% $3,255
100 Oxnard College 77 4% $3,179

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Sociology program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.