2024 Best Applied/Public Sociology Master's Degree Schools
3
Colleges in the United States
9
Master's Degrees
If you're seeking a Master's Degree in
applied/public sociology, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #930 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for applied/public sociology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 9 master's degrees in applied/public sociology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Applied/Public Sociology School for Your Master's Degree
The applied/public sociology master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality applied/public sociology program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on applied/public sociology students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of applied/public sociology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized applied/public sociology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for applied/public sociology students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Applied/Public Sociology Master's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.