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2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major

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Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Sociology is the 25th most popular major in the country with 38,475 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major” ranking, we looked at 1,181 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in sociology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for sociology students.

Top 25 Most Focused Colleges for Sociology

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Simmons College of Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Simmons College of Kentucky. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major. Simmons College of Kentucky is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 4 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Sociology at Simmons Bible College

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a small school located in Cheyney, Pennsylvania that handed out 17 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Sociology at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

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Paine College
Augusta, Georgia

Out of the 1,181 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Paine College landed the #3 spot on the list. Paine College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Augusta, Georgia. It awarded 3 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Sociology at Paine College

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Lane College
Jackson, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lane College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. This small school is located in Jackson, Tennessee, and it awarded 19 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Lane College Sociology Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Feather River Community College District. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Feather River College is a public institution located in Quincy, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sociology at Feather River Community College District

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Rust College
Holly Springs, Mississippi

Rust College did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Holly Springs, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified ’s sociology students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Rust College Sociology Report

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Lake Tahoe Community College
South Lake Tahoe, California

Lake Tahoe Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. LTCC is a small school located in South Lake Tahoe, California that handed out 21 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sociology at Lake Tahoe Community College

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Morris College
Sumter, South Carolina

Morris College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Morris College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sumter, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Morris College Sociology Report

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University of California - Santa Barbara came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. Santa Barbara, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s sociology degrees to 726 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Sociology at UCSB

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Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, Mississippi

With a ranking of #10, Tougaloo College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Tougaloo, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s sociology degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

Full Tougaloo College Sociology Report

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Bloomfield College
Bloomfield, New Jersey

With a ranking of #11, Bloomfield College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Bloomfield College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bloomfield, New Jersey. It awarded 25 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sociology at Bloomfield College

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California State University - Channel Islands did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking, coming in at #12. California State University - Channel Islands is a medium-sized public school situated in Camarillo, California. It awarded 187 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Sociology at CSUCI

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Harris - Stowe State University
Saint Louis, Missouri

With a ranking of #13, Harris - Stowe State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this small public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified ’s sociology students in 2020-2021.

Full Harris - Stowe State University Sociology Report

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Canada College
Redwood City, California

Canada College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. This small school is located in Redwood City, California, and it awarded 65 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Canada College Sociology Report

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Norfolk State University
Norfolk, Virginia

With a ranking of #15, Norfolk State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Norfolk State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Norfolk, Virginia. It awarded 63 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Norfolk State Sociology Report

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Hartwick College
Oneonta, New York

Hartwick College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. Hartwick is located in Oneonta, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 ’s sociology degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Sociology at Hartwick

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University of North Carolina at Pembroke landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. University of North Carolina at Pembroke is a public institution located in Pembroke, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 131 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Sociology at UNC Pembroke

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Wiley College
Marshall, Texas

Wiley College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. Located in Marshall, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified ’s sociology students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sociology at Wiley College

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Mt. San Antonio College
Walnut, California

Mt. San Antonio College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. Mt. San Antonio College is a large school located in Walnut, California that handed out 335 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Sociology at Mt. San Antonio College

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Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, California

Sonoma State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking, coming in at #20. SSU is a public institution located in Rohnert Park, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 148 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Sociology at Sonoma State University

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California State University - Dominguez Hills ranked #21 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. CSUDH is located in Carson, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 301 ’s sociology degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Sociology at California State University - Dominguez Hills

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California State University - San Marcos came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. San Marcos, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s sociology degrees to 276 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full CSUSM Sociology Report

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Saint Augustine's University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Saint Augustine’s University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. SAU is a small school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 7 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full SAU Sociology Report

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Lehman College
Bronx, New York

Lehman College did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking, coming in at #24. Lehman College is a public institution located in Bronx, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 248 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Sociology at Lehman College

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Central College
Pella, Iowa

Central College did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking, coming in at #25. Central College is located in Pella, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 ’s sociology degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Sociology at Central College

Rest of the Best 50 in Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major

Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:

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Wells College
Aurora, New York
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Philander Smith College
Little Rock, Arkansas
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Grinnell College
Grinnell, Iowa
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Berkeley City College
Berkeley, California
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University of Florida-Online
Gainesville, Florida
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Concord University
Athens, West Virginia
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York College
Jamaica, New York
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Albright College
Reading, Pennsylvania
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College of Alameda
Alameda, California
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Occidental College
Los Angeles, California
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McMurry University
Abilene, Texas
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Keene State College
Keene, New Hampshire
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Oxnard College
Oxnard, California
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Compton College
Compton, California
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Whitman College
Walla Walla, Washington
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SUNY New Paltz
New Paltz, New York
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Christopher Newport University
Newport News, Virginia
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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams, Massachusetts
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Rest of the Top 15% Colleges in Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major

While not in the ‘top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:

Rank College Location
51 Albertus Magnus College New Haven, CT
52 Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA
53 Glendale Community College Glendale, CA
54 University of California - Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA
55 University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD
56 Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME
57 University of South Carolina - Aiken Aiken, SC
58 Shepherd University Shepherdstown, WV
59 Colorado State University - Pueblo Pueblo, CO
60 University of California - Merced Merced, CA
61 Hampshire College Amherst, MA
62 Presbyterian College Clinton, SC
63 Le Moyne - Owen College Memphis, TN
64 California State University - Northridge Northridge, CA
65 Fullerton College Fullerton, CA
Rank College Location
66 Spring Hill College Mobile, AL
67 Thiel College Greenville, PA
68 Fort Lewis College Durango, CO
69 University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI
70 Saint Norbert College De Pere, WI
71 Northland College Ashland, WI
72 Randolph - Macon College Ashland, VA
73 Western Colorado University Gunnison, CO
74 University at Albany Albany, NY
75 Kenyon College Gambier, OH
76 Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
77 Shaw University Raleigh, NC
78 Hunter College New York, NY
79 Fayetteville State University Fayetteville, NC
80 Rosemont College Rosemont, PA
80 Talladega College Talladega, AL
80 Texas Lutheran University Seguin, TX
80 Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, NC
84 Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes, KY
85 Emory and Henry College Emory, VA
86 California State University - Chico Chico, CA
87 University of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville, NC
88 Barnard College New York, NY
89 Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, CT
90 Washington College Chestertown, MD
Rank College Location
91 Bates College Lewiston, ME
92 Morehouse College Atlanta, GA
93 Mount Saint Mary’s University Los Angeles, CA
94 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Pomona, CA
95 Citrus College Glendora, CA
96 College of Mount Saint Vincent Bronx, NY
97 Fisk University Nashville, TN
98 Copper Mountain Community College Joshua Tree, CA
99 Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA
100 Georgetown College Georgetown, KY
101 Millsaps College Jackson, MS
102 Roanoke College Salem, VA
103 Queens College Queens, NY
104 Lincoln University Lincoln University, PA
105 Merced College Merced, CA
106 College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA
107 University of North Texas at Dallas Dallas, TX
108 Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA
109 Mills College Oakland, CA
110 Lander University Greenwood, SC
111 William Penn University Oskaloosa, IA
112 SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury, NY
113 El Camino College Torrance, CA
114 Ripon College Ripon, WI
115 University of Puerto Rico - Cayey Cayey, PR
Rank College Location
116 Goucher College Baltimore, MD
117 Davidson College Davidson, NC
118 United States Military Academy West Point, NY
119 Sacramento City College Sacramento, CA
120 Western Washington University Bellingham, WA
121 Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT
122 Worcester State University Worcester, MA
123 John Carroll University University Heights, OH
124 Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CA
125 California State University - Fullerton Fullerton, CA
126 Beloit College Beloit, WI
127 Saint Mary’s College Notre Dame, IN
128 Wittenberg University Springfield, OH
129 Centenary University Hackettstown, NJ
130 California State University - Sacramento Sacramento, CA
131 Cosumnes River College Sacramento, CA
132 Randolph College Lynchburg, VA
133 Wagner College Staten Island, NY
134 SUNY Geneseo Geneseo, NY
135 College of Marin Kentfield, CA
136 Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY
137 Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA
138 College of the Desert Palm Desert, CA
139 Savannah State University Savannah, GA
139 Modesto Junior College Modesto, CA
Rank College Location
141 St Mary’s College of Maryland St. Mary’s City, MD
142 Crafton Hills College Yucaipa, CA
143 College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA
144 Notre Dame de Namur University Belmont, CA
145 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY
146 Texas College Tyler, TX
147 Colgate University Hamilton, NY
148 Hiram College Hiram, OH
149 Bethune - Cookman University Daytona Beach, FL
150 Florida Memorial University Miami Gardens, FL
151 Barstow Community College Barstow, CA
152 Berea College Berea, KY
153 Hope College Holland, MI
154 Smith College Northampton, MA
155 New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ
156 Wartburg College Waverly, IA
157 University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC
158 Dominican University River Forest, IL
159 Suffolk University Boston, MA
160 Chicago State University Chicago, IL
161 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
162 Transylvania University Lexington, KY
163 College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO
164 Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA
165 Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Rank College Location
166 San Jose City College San Jose, CA
167 McDaniel College Westminster, MD
168 Connecticut College New London, CT
169 Vanguard University of Southern California Costa Mesa, CA
170 Hamilton College Clinton, NY
171 Meredith College Raleigh, NC
172 Grace College and Theological Seminary Winona Lake, IN
173 Purchase College Purchase, NY
174 Moravian College Bethlehem, PA
175 Bowie State University Bowie, MD
176 Taft College Taft, CA
177 East Georgia State College Swainsboro, GA
178 California State University - Long Beach Long Beach, CA

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