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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Sociology Schools in New Hampshire ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 140 degrees in sociology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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. 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.
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.
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 Schools in New Hampshire list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
Any student who is interested in sociology has to look into Dartmouth College. Located in the remote town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.
There were about 31 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the sociology program at Dartmouth College get $10,908 more than the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a great option for students interested in a degree in sociology. UNH is a large public university located in the suburb of Durham. This university ranks 2nd out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 52 sociology students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, sociology degree recipients generally make an average of $31,958 in the first five years of their career.
It is hard to beat Keene State College if you want to pursue a degree in sociology. Keene State is a small public college located in the distant town of Keene. This college ranks 5th out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 45 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Keene State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the sociology program make around $35,036 in their early career salary.
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).