2024 Best Sociology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
122Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
4,998Sociology Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in sociology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #20 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 122 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Sociology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,998 degrees in sociology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of sociology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Sociology in the Middle Atlantic Region
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. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
18 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Sociology
Teachers College at Columbia University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in sociology. Located in the city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Teachers College is a great university overall.
There were about 23 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Teachers College in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Pennsylvania is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in sociology. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 37 sociology students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in sociology. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 79 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
Princeton University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in sociology. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Princeton. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Princeton is a great university overall.
There were approximately 49 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent year we have data available.
Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were about 33 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 78 sociology students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 91 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year.
UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were approximately 109 sociology students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
Colgate is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Hamilton. A Best Colleges rank of #67 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Colgate is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Colgate in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a medium-sized student population. This school ranks 14th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 54 sociology students who graduated with this degree at The Graduate Center in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 54 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.
GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were about 29 sociology students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.
UD is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Newark. This university ranks 1st out of 4 colleges for overall quality in the state of Delaware.
There were about 59 sociology students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of New York, Barnard is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 6th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 27 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Barnard in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 47 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #66 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Bucknell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Bucknell in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 19th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 248 sociology students who graduated with this degree at Hunter in the most recent data year.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Sociology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
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).