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2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major

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Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Sociology is the 20th most popular major in the country with 38,394 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major” ranking, we looked at 1,181 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. That schools that top this list have a program in sociology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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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 be in good company if you decide to attend Simmons College of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Simmons Bible College is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s sociology degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on 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.

Full Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Sociology Report

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Paine College
Augusta, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paine College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major. Augusta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s sociology degrees to 3 students 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 more about Sociology at Paine College

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Lane College
Jackson, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lane College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major. This small school is located in Jackson, Tennessee, and it awarded 19 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sociology at Lane College

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Feather River Community College District. The school came in at #5 for the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major. Quincy, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s sociology degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.

Full Feather River Community College District Sociology Report

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Rust College
Holly Springs, Mississippi

Rust College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Rust College is a small school located in Holly Springs, Mississippi that handed out 11 ’s sociology degrees 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.

Read more about Sociology at Rust College

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Lake Tahoe Community College
South Lake Tahoe, California

Lake Tahoe Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. Lake Tahoe Community College is located in South Lake Tahoe, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 ’s sociology degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Sociology at LTCC

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Morris College
Sumter, South Carolina

With a ranking of #8, Morris College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. This small school is located in Sumter, South Carolina, and it awarded 9 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Sociology at Morris College

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Santa Barbara did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Located in Santa Barbara, California, this large public school handed out 726 degrees to qualified ’s sociology students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Sociology at UCSB

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Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, Mississippi

Tougaloo College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. This small school is located in Tougaloo, Mississippi, and it awarded 13 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Tougaloo College Sociology Report

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Bloomfield College
Bloomfield, New Jersey

Bloomfield College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. This small school is located in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and it awarded 25 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Sociology at Bloomfield College

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

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Sociology at California State University - Channel Islands

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Harris - Stowe State University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Harris - Stowe State University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. Harris - Stowe State University is a public institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sociology at Harris - Stowe State University

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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. Canada College is a public institution located in Redwood City, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 65 ’s 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, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s sociology degrees to 63 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sociology at Norfolk State University

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Hartwick College
Oneonta, New York

Hartwick College ranked #16 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Located in Oneonta, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified ’s sociology students in 2020-2021.

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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Sociology at Hartwick

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University of North Carolina at Pembroke did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking, coming in at #17. UNC Pembroke is a medium-sized school located in Pembroke, North Carolina that handed out 131 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Sociology at UNC Pembroke

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Wiley College
Marshall, Texas

Wiley College did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking, coming in at #18. Wiley College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Marshall, Texas. It awarded 9 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Wiley College Sociology Report

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Mt. San Antonio College
Walnut, California

With a ranking of #19, Mt. San Antonio College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Mt. San Antonio College is located in Walnut, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 335 ’s sociology degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Sociology at Mt. SAC

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Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, California

Sonoma State University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. Rohnert Park, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s sociology degrees to 148 students 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 SSU

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California State University - Dominguez Hills landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. This fairly large school is located in Carson, California, and it awarded 301 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full California State University - Dominguez Hills Sociology Report

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California State University - San Marcos ranked #22 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Located in San Marcos, California, this fairly large public school handed out 276 degrees to qualified ’s sociology students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 more about Sociology at CSUSM

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Saint Augustine's University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Saint Augustine’s University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking, coming in at #23. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified ’s sociology students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sociology at Saint Augustine’s University

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Lehman College
Bronx, New York

With a ranking of #24, Lehman College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major list. Lehman is a fairly large school located in Bronx, New York that handed out 248 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Sociology at Lehman

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Central College
Pella, Iowa

Central College came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Sociology Major ranking. Located in Pella, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified ’s sociology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about 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 Texas Lutheran University Seguin, TX
80 Talladega College Talladega, AL
80 Rosemont College Rosemont, PA
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 Modesto Junior College Modesto, CA
139 Savannah State University Savannah, GA
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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