Sociology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #25 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Sociology Schools in Mississippi ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 114 degrees in sociology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of sociology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Sociology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Sociology Schools in Mississippi ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the sociology degree levels they offer.
It is hard to beat Mississippi State University if you want to pursue a degree in sociology. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a very large student population.
There were roughly 32 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent data year.
University of Mississippi is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in sociology. Ole Miss is a fairly large public university located in the town of University.
There were about 15 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Tougaloo College if you want to pursue a degree in sociology. Tougaloo is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the midsize city of Tougaloo.
There were about 13 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Tougaloo in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the sociology program report average early career wages of $23,499.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).