by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 38,394 people earned their degree in sociology, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 6,090 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5,642 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 231 colleges that offered a degree in sociology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their sociology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 231 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons College of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. Simmons Bible College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 4 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paine College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region. Augusta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lane College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Jackson, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sociology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rust College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region. Rust College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Holly Springs, Mississippi. It awarded 11 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 231 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morris College landed the #5 spot on the list. Morris College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sumter, South Carolina. It awarded 9 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
Tougaloo College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Tougaloo, Mississippi, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
Norfolk State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Norfolk State is located in Norfolk, Virginia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 63 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Pembroke did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. UNC Pembroke is a public institution located in Pembroke, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 131 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Saint Augustine’s University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
Philander Smith College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Philander Smith is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Florida-Online came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Concord University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. Athens, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sociology degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
Christopher Newport University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Newport News, Virginia, this small public school handed out 60 degrees to qualified bachelors’s sociology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of South Carolina - Aiken came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of South Carolina - Aiken is a small school located in Aiken, South Carolina that handed out 32 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
Shepherd University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. Shepherd University is a small school located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia that handed out 28 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
Presbyterian College ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. Presbyterian College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Clinton, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
With a ranking of #17, Le Moyne - Owen College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sociology students in 2020-2021.
Spring Hill College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. Spring Hill College is a small school located in Mobile, Alabama that handed out 14 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
With a ranking of #19, Randolph - Macon College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. Randolph - Macon is located in Ashland, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Shaw University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. Shaw University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.
Talladega College landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Talladega, Alabama, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
Warren Wilson College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. Swannanoa, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sociology degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Alice Lloyd College ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. Pippa Passes, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sociology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Emory and Henry College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. Emory and Henry College is a small school located in Emory, Virginia that handed out 15 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
University of North Carolina at Asheville ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Asheville, North Carolina, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Not only did these schools make the top 35 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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