2024 Best Sociology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Sociology is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #22 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for sociology students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 264 associate degrees in sociology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 sociology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other sociology students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt sociology students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized sociology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for sociology students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Sociology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Sociology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Sociology in the Southwest Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for sociology students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Southwest Region Schools for an Associate in Sociology

1

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM

129 Annual Graduates

$32,389 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Central New Mexico Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in sociology. CNM is a fairly large public college located in the city of Albuquerque.

Soon after graduating, sociology associate recipients generally make about $32,389 in their early careers.

More information about a associate in sociology from Central New Mexico Community College

2

Tulsa Community College
Tulsa, OK

Tulsa Community College is a great choice for individuals pursuing an associate degree in sociology. Located in the large city of Tulsa, Tulsa Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in sociology from Tulsa Community College

Best Sociology Colleges by State

Explore the best sociology schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	200	68
Arizona	169	14
New Mexico	140	129
Oklahoma	136	53

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Sociology Related Rankings by Major

Sociology is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Sociology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Sociology	264

Majors Similar to Sociology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Social Sciences	569
Economics	251
Political Science & Government	134
Other Social Sciences	104
Anthropology	41
Geography & Cartography	41
Archeology	6

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Kontos. More about our data sources and methodologies.