Sociology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #20 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of sociology. Combined, these schools handed out 114 degrees in sociology to qualified students.
The sociology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Sociology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for sociology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The sociology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Sociology Schools in Mississippi.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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The schools below may not offer all types of sociology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in sociology needs to look into Mississippi State University. Mississippi State is a very large public university located in the town of Mississippi State.
There were roughly 32 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of Mississippi if you want to pursue a degree in sociology. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population.
There were about 15 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in sociology needs to check out Tougaloo College. Located in the medium-sized city of Tougaloo, Tougaloo is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were about 13 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Tougaloo in the most recent year we have data available.
One of 3 majors within the Sociology area of study, Sociology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
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).