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CIP 45.1101 Social Sciences

Sociology, General

IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education · 2025

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Total graduates

30,447

2025 · 1,030 schools

International share

3.5%

1,053 international students

Bachelor's degrees

23,852

3.1% international

Master's degrees

1,112

15.5% international

Overview

Sociology, General is a field of study that examines the complexities of human society, social behavior, and social institutions. As a social science, sociology seeks to understand how individuals interact within groups, the dynamics of social relationships, and the impact of social structures on individual lives. The discipline encompasses a wide range of topics including family dynamics, education systems, social inequality, race and ethnicity, gender studies, crime and deviance, and social change.

Students pursuing a degree in sociology will learn various research methods and theoretical frameworks to analyze social phenomena. They will engage in both qualitative and quantitative research, equipping them with skills to conduct surveys, interviews, and ethnographic studies. The coursework often covers significant sociological theories from notable thinkers like Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Émile Durkheim, providing a foundation for understanding societal changes and challenges.

Sociology graduates are equipped for diverse career paths. They can work in fields such as education, social work, public policy, community organizing, and market research. Their analytical and critical thinking skills make them valuable assets in any profession that requires an understanding of human behavior and social dynamics.

Moreover, sociology fosters a deeper awareness of social justice issues and encourages students to think critically about the world around them. This discipline not only prepares individuals for the workforce but also empowers them to engage with and contribute positively to their communities.

Graduates by year

Graduates by degree level (first and second majors)

AssociateBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoral

From 2002 to 2025, graduates fell 0% and the international share went from 1.9% to 3.5%.

International share (%)
Graduates by group, 2025
White
35.9%
Asian
6.7%
Hispanic
32.4%
Black
13.4%
Other
8.2%
Intl.
3.5%

Colleges that award this degree

In 2025, 1,030 schools awarded this degree as a first major. The table lists those in the 2027 U.S. News National or Liberal Arts rankings, plus the unranked schools with the most graduates.

RankSchoolStateGraduatesInternational
#2 Princeton University New Jersey 49 3
#4 Yale University Connecticut 30 7
#5 Stanford University California 65 3
#8 Duke University North Carolina 48 4
#9 University of Chicago Illinois 39 9
#9 Northwestern University Illinois 28 6
#9 Johns Hopkins University Maryland 22 11
#12 Dartmouth College New Hampshire 37 3
#12 Columbia University in the City of New York New York 84 26
#14 Cornell University New York 35 9
#16 Washington University in St Louis Missouri 17 2
#16 Brown University Rhode Island 32 5
#16 Vanderbilt University Tennessee 20 0
#16 Rice University Texas 27 2
#20 University of California-Berkeley California 251 26
#20 University of California-Los Angeles California 672 33
#20 University of Notre Dame Indiana 42 5
#23 Georgetown University D.C. 23 2
#23 Emory University Georgia 30 3
#25 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan 129 12
#26 University of Virginia-Main Campus Virginia 59 3
#27 University of Southern California California 44 1
#27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina 70 10
#29 University of California-San Diego California 139 19
#31 Boston College Massachusetts 31 4
#31 Tufts University Massachusetts 15 1
#31 New York University New York 78 23
#34 University of California-Davis California 255 16
#34 University of California-Irvine California 257 37
#34 University of Florida Florida 126 6
#34 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois 49 5
#34 Boston University Massachusetts 41 12
#34 Wake Forest University North Carolina 27 2
#34 The University of Texas at Austin Texas 146 7
#34 University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin 85 10
#42 Northeastern University Massachusetts 34 7
#42 Villanova University Pennsylvania 9 1
#44 University of California-Santa Barbara California 667 25
#44 Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Jersey 50 7
#44 Case Western Reserve University Ohio 18 2
#44 Ohio State University-Main Campus Ohio 85 13
#44 Lehigh University Pennsylvania 17 1
#49 University of Maryland-College Park Maryland 107 8
#49 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Washington 160 19
#52 University of Georgia Georgia 82 5
#52 College of William and Mary Virginia 30 0
#52 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia 172 2
#55 Santa Clara University California 12 2
#55 University of Miami Florida 27 1
#55 The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania 45 8
#55 Purdue University-Main Campus Indiana 179 9
#59 George Washington University D.C. 32 3
#59 Florida State University Florida 77 1
#59 Tulane University of Louisiana Louisiana 38 1
#59 Brandeis University Massachusetts 23 3
#59 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Massachusetts 105 4
#59 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota 66 2
#59 Stony Brook University New York 78 3
#59 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania 36 4
#59 Texas A & M University-College Station Texas 219 2
#69 Michigan State University Michigan 108 3
#69 University of California-Merced California 88 1
#72 Syracuse University New York 50 12
#73 University of Connecticut Connecticut 64 7
#73 Howard University D.C. 33 0
#73 Indiana University-Bloomington Indiana 33 2
#73 Rutgers University-Newark New Jersey 31 0
#73 Binghamton University New York 38 3
#73 North Carolina State University at Raleigh North Carolina 66 2
#80 University of California-Riverside California 234 5
#80 Pepperdine University California 13 0
#80 Drexel University Pennsylvania 8 0
#80 Clemson University South Carolina 110 0
#85 University of Delaware Delaware 24 0
#85 Fordham University New York 36 1
#85 University at Buffalo New York 118 73
#85 Southern Methodist University Texas 17 0
#90 Yeshiva University New York 13 0
#90 Baylor University Texas 47 4
#90 Texas Christian University Texas 10 0
#90 Gonzaga University Washington 17 0
#90 Marquette University Wisconsin 5 0
#95 American University D.C. 36 4
#95 University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois 39 2
#95 University of Missouri-Columbia Missouri 52 2
#95 Rutgers University--Camden New Jersey 6 0
#100 Auburn University Alabama 30 1
#100 Chapman University California 22 0
#100 University of San Diego California 35 0
#100 Florida International University Florida 3 0
#100 University of South Florida-Main Campus Florida 53 2
#100 University of Iowa Iowa 21 0
#100 Saint Louis University Missouri 7 0
#100 Creighton University Nebraska 4 0
#100 Elon University North Carolina 10 0
#109 University of California-Santa Cruz California 144 3
#109 Loyola Marymount University California 47 1
#109 University of Colorado Boulder Colorado 156 2
#109 Fairfield University Connecticut 9 0
#109 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus New Hampshire 31 0
#109 Temple University Pennsylvania 27 0
#109 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Tennessee 87 1
#116 University of San Francisco California 41 3
#116 Iowa State University Iowa 16 0
#116 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Oklahoma 104 0
#116 University of Oregon Oregon 98 1
#116 Brigham Young University-Provo Utah 74 2
#121 Arizona State University-Tempe Arizona 92 1
#121 University of Arizona Arizona 37 1
#121 University of the Pacific California 18 0
#121 University of Denver Colorado 24 0
#121 University of Central Florida Florida 99 0
#121 Loyola University Chicago Illinois 32 1
#121 SUNY at Albany New York 125 2
#121 University of Dayton Ohio 7 0
#121 University of South Carolina-Columbia South Carolina 27 1
#121 The University of Texas at Dallas Texas 16 0
#121 George Mason University Virginia 41 4
#133 Clark University Massachusetts 15 0
#133 Miami University-Oxford Ohio 16 2
#133 University of Vermont Vermont 43 1
#137 University of Alabama at Birmingham Alabama 52 4
#137 California State University--Long Beach California 303 5
#137 San Diego State University California 155 2
#137 San Jose State University California 151 5
#137 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Maryland 34 0
#137 St John's University (NY) New York 20 0
#137 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Pennsylvania 6 0
#137 University of Houston Texas 54 0
#137 James Madison University Virginia 42 0
#148 California State University-Los Angeles California 259 2
#148 Catholic University of America D.C. 2 0
#148 Mercer University Georgia 1 0
#148 University of Kansas Kansas 24 2
#148 University of Kentucky Kentucky 32 3
#148 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Massachusetts 16 0
#148 University of Tulsa Oklahoma 6 1
#148 University of Rhode Island Rhode Island 17 1
#156 California State University-Fullerton California 319 2
#156 Quinnipiac University Connecticut 17 1
#156 Florida A&M University Florida 11 0
#156 Kansas State University Kansas 30 2
#156 University of St Thomas (MN) Minnesota 4 0
#156 Montclair State University New Jersey 39 0
#156 Seton Hall University New Jersey 2 0
#156 CUNY--City College New York 54 2
#156 Oregon State University Oregon 78 1
#156 University of Portland Oregon 14 0
#156 Duquesne University Pennsylvania 14 0
#156 Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia 56 1
#169 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Colorado 161 3
#169 Bradley University Illinois 5 0
#169 DePaul University Illinois 33 0
#169 Butler University Indiana 6 0
#169 Simmons University Massachusetts 4 0
#169 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska 30 2
#169 Monmouth University New Jersey 8 0
#169 Touro College New York 3 0
#169 University of North Carolina at Charlotte North Carolina 146 2
#179 Gallaudet University D.C. 6 0
#179 University of Louisville Kentucky 34 1
#179 University of Mississippi Mississippi 8 1
#179 CUNY Hunter College New York 141 2
#179 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Ohio 24 0
#179 University of Utah Utah 115 4
#179 Seattle University Washington 8 0
#186 California Lutheran University California 8 0
#186 University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii 76 5
#186 Wayne State University Michigan 42 2
#186 Texas Tech University Texas 59 2
#191 Samford University Alabama 3 0
#191 University of Arkansas Arkansas 43 2
#191 Florida Atlantic University Florida 59 0
#191 Georgia State University Georgia 135 3
#191 Drake University Iowa 11 0
#191 Rowan University New Jersey 28 1
#191 Adelphi University New York 10 0
#191 Hofstra University New York 9 0
#191 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Oklahoma 80 5
#191 Washington State University Washington 66 2
#202 Sacred Heart University Connecticut 4 0
#202 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Louisiana 208 4
#202 University of Massachusetts-Boston Massachusetts 37 3
#202 East Carolina University North Carolina 16 0
#202 Ohio University-Main Campus Ohio 90 3
#208 California State University--Fresno California 132 2
#208 California State University-Sacramento California 235 1
#208 University of La Verne California 17 0
#208 University of Idaho Idaho 17 0
#208 Mississippi State University Mississippi 22 1
#208 University of North Carolina at Greensboro North Carolina 84 0
#208 Ohio Northern University Ohio 2 0
#208 Xavier University Ohio 3 0
#208 Willamette University Oregon 11 1
#208 Belmont University Tennessee 6 0
#208 University of North Texas Texas 45 3
#219 Illinois State University Illinois 81 1
#219 Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Indiana 28 0
#219 University of Nevada-Reno Nevada 26 1
#219 North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina 23 0
#219 University of North Carolina--Wilmington North Carolina 32 2
#227 San Francisco State University California 114 0
#227 Ball State University Indiana 29 2
#227 University of Michigan-Dearborn Michigan 7 0
#227 The New School New York 18 5
#227 Russell Sage College New York 5 0
#227 University of North Dakota North Dakota 15 0
#227 West Chester University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 10 0
#227 University of Texas-San Antonio Texas 91 2
#227 West Virginia University West Virginia 23 1
#236 University of Colorado Denver Colorado 39 1
#236 University of North Florida Florida 21 0
#236 Stetson University Florida 7 0
#236 University of Nevada--Las Vegas Nevada 55 4
#236 University of New Mexico-Main Campus New Mexico 59 0
#236 North Dakota State University-Main Campus North Dakota 3 0
#236 Kent State University at Kent Ohio 48 1
#236 Pacific University Oregon 5 1
#236 Portland State University Oregon 46 4
#236 University of Texas-Arlington Texas 19 0
#250 Nova Southeastern University Florida 3 0
#250 University of Missouri--Kansas City Missouri 21 0
#250 New Mexico State University-Main Campus New Mexico 39 1
#250 D'Youville University New York 3 0
#250 La Salle University Pennsylvania 4 0
#250 South Dakota State University South Dakota 12 2
#250 University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Texas 51 2
#250 University of Wyoming Wyoming 22 2
#262 University of Alabama--Huntsville Alabama 11 0
#262 Aurora University Illinois 3 0
#262 University of Maine Maine 8 0
#262 University of New England Maine 2 0
#262 Suffolk University Massachusetts 15 1
#262 Central Michigan University Michigan 7 1
#262 George Fox University Oregon 1 0
#262 University of South Dakota South Dakota 6 1
#262 University of Texas--El Paso Texas 17 1
#262 Seattle Pacific University Washington 18 0
#276 Northern Arizona University Arizona 37 0
#276 California Baptist University California 20 0
#276 Regis University Colorado 5 0
#276 Marian University (IN) Indiana 7 0
#276 Western Michigan University Michigan 20 2
#276 University of Missouri--St. Louis Missouri 15 0
#276 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Ohio 20 1
#276 Widener University Pennsylvania 4 0
#276 Marymount University Virginia 1 0
#288 Biola University California 16 1
#288 University of Hartford Connecticut 6 0
#288 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Illinois 2 0
#288 University of Indianapolis Indiana 12 3
#288 Wichita State University Kansas 10 2
#288 Arcadia University Pennsylvania 8 0
#288 University of Memphis Tennessee 34 3
#288 Texas State University Texas 21 1
#288 Utah State University Utah 63 2
#288 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Wisconsin 30 0
#299 Azusa Pacific University California 9 0
#299 Southern Connecticut State University Connecticut 60 1
#299 Boise State University Idaho 26 1
#299 University of Nebraska--Omaha Nebraska 21 0
#299 Utica University New York 2 0
#299 University of Toledo Ohio 6 1
#299 Tennessee Technological University Tennessee 46 0
#308 Northern Illinois University Illinois 29 0
#308 Oakland University Michigan 15 0
#308 University of Southern Mississippi Mississippi 29 0
#308 Maryville University of Saint Louis Missouri 5 0
#308 Montana State University Montana 68 0
#308 Wilkes University Pennsylvania 3 0
#308 Abilene Christian University Texas 4 1
#308 University of the Incarnate Word Texas 17 1
#317 Xavier University of Louisiana Louisiana 15 1
#317 Morgan State University Maryland 31 0
#317 Kean University New Jersey 39 0
#317 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Pennsylvania 19 0
#317 Prairie View A&M University Texas 23 1
#317 Emory & Henry University Virginia 5 0
#317 Marshall University West Virginia 3 0
#317 Augusta University Georgia 8 0
#328 Georgia Southern University Georgia 34 0
#328 East Tennessee State University Tennessee 26 2
#328 Old Dominion University Virginia 61 0
#328 University of North Texas at Dallas Texas 14 0
#332 University of South Alabama Alabama 10 0
#332 Jacksonville University Florida 4 0
#332 Clark Atlanta University Georgia 12 0
#332 Mercy University New York 7 0
#332 Texas A&M University--Kingsville Texas 5 0
#332 Texas Woman's University Texas 40 0
#332 University of Lynchburg Virginia 3 0
#342 University of Northern Colorado Colorado 23 0
#342 Mississippi College Mississippi 1 0
#342 Missouri State University Missouri 17 1
#342 University of Akron Ohio 8 0
#342 Cleveland State University Ohio 16 0
#342 Kennesaw State University Georgia 73 1
#353 Jacksonville State University Alabama 8 1
#353 Arkansas State University Arkansas 22 0
#353 University of West Georgia Georgia 29 1
#353 Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville Illinois 25 3
#353 University of Louisiana--Lafayette Louisiana 17 0
#353 University of Michigan--Flint Michigan 1 0
#353 Youngstown State University Ohio 3 0
#353 University of Houston--Clear Lake Texas 13 1
#353 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 24 0
#353 Pennsylvania Western University Pennsylvania 27 0
#365 Troy University Alabama 8 0
#365 University of Central Arkansas Arkansas 14 0
#365 Northern Kentucky University Kentucky 9 0
#365 Jackson State University Mississippi 12 0
#365 The University of Montana Montana 31 0
#365 Gardner-Webb University North Carolina 3 0
#365 Eastern Washington University Washington 15 0
#376 University of Arkansas--Little Rock Arkansas 19 0
#376 Barry University Florida 1 0
#376 Concordia University-Saint Paul Minnesota 3 0
#376 Tennessee State University Tennessee 3 0
#382 National University California 39 0
#382 University of Colorado--Colorado Springs Colorado 27 0
#382 Saint Leo University Florida 16 0
#382 Columbus State University Georgia 35 0
#382 Valdosta State University Georgia 7 0
#382 Idaho State University Idaho 51 0
#382 Chicago State University Illinois 8 0
#382 Concordia University-Chicago Illinois 2 0
#382 Roosevelt University Illinois 2 0
#382 University of New Orleans Louisiana 13 0
#382 Southern University and A&M College Louisiana 23 0
#382 University of Southern Maine Maine 9 0
#382 Wright State University-Main Campus Ohio 7 0
#382 Northeastern State University Oklahoma 7 0
#382 Angelo State University Texas 6 0
#382 Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi Texas 13 0
#382 Dallas Baptist University Texas 5 0
#382 East Texas A&M University Texas 13 0
#382 Lamar University Texas 30 0
#382 Tarleton State University Texas 4 0
#382 Texas Southern University Texas 12 0
#382 Texas Wesleyan University Texas 6 0
#382 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Puerto Rico 1 0
LAC #1 Williams College Massachusetts 5 1
LAC #2 Amherst College Massachusetts 2 0
LAC #3 Pomona College California 8 0
LAC #3 Bowdoin College Maine 11 0
LAC #3 Swarthmore College Pennsylvania 1 0
LAC #9 The United States Military Academy at West Point New York 21 0
LAC #10 Wellesley College Massachusetts 12 1
LAC #12 Vassar College New York 14 2
LAC #14 Wesleyan University Connecticut 24 1
LAC #14 Hamilton College New York 18 0
LAC #16 Grinnell College Iowa 40 2
LAC #16 Davidson College North Carolina 6 0
LAC #19 Barnard College New York 28 2
LAC #19 Middlebury College Vermont 19 0
LAC #21 University of Richmond Virginia 6 0
LAC #22 Colby College Maine 12 1
LAC #22 College of the Holy Cross Massachusetts 33 0
LAC #22 Smith College Massachusetts 6 0
LAC #22 Colgate University New York 34 2
LAC #26 Bates College Maine 15 1
LAC #26 Haverford College Pennsylvania 5 1
LAC #28 Macalester College Minnesota 17 0
LAC #29 Bucknell University Pennsylvania 9 1
LAC #31 Trinity College Connecticut 12 1
LAC #31 Bryn Mawr College Pennsylvania 24 2
LAC #34 Colorado College Colorado 26 0
LAC #34 Spelman College Georgia 19 0
LAC #34 Mount Holyoke College Massachusetts 20 2
LAC #34 Franklin and Marshall College Pennsylvania 9 1
LAC #38 Occidental College California 21 1
LAC #38 Scripps College California 4 0
LAC #38 Trinity University Texas 22 0
LAC #41 Skidmore College New York 23 1
LAC #41 Kenyon College Ohio 19 4
LAC #44 Pitzer College California 9 0
LAC #44 Union College New York 9 1
LAC #47 Connecticut College Connecticut 11 0
LAC #47 Hillsdale College Michigan 2 0
LAC #49 DePauw University Indiana 2 1
LAC #49 St. Lawrence University New York 18 0
LAC #54 Dickinson College Pennsylvania 5 0
LAC #54 Gettysburg College Pennsylvania 23 2
LAC #57 Wheaton College (IL) Illinois 6 0
LAC #57 Furman University South Carolina 7 0
LAC #59 Oberlin College Ohio 16 0
LAC #60 Hobart and William Smith Colleges New York 19 3
LAC #60 Reed College Oregon 7 1
LAC #62 Berea College Kentucky 7 2
LAC #62 Gustavus Adolphus College Minnesota 10 0
LAC #62 Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania 5 0
LAC #68 College of St. Benedict Minnesota 2 0
LAC #72 Saint Anselm College New Hampshire 3 0
LAC #74 Rollins College Florida 15 0
LAC #74 St. John's University (MN) Minnesota 2 0
LAC #78 Saint Mary's College Indiana 10 0
LAC #78 Hope College Michigan 11 1
LAC #78 Whitman College Washington 20 2
LAC #81 Wheaton College (MA) Massachusetts 9 0
LAC #83 Morehouse College Georgia 11 0
LAC #85 Stonehill College Massachusetts 5 0
LAC #85 Drew University New Jersey 4 1
LAC #85 Susquehanna University Pennsylvania 3 0
LAC #85 Randolph-Macon College Virginia 6 0
LAC #91 College of Wooster Ohio 11 1
LAC #91 Southwestern University Texas 8 0
LAC #97 Washington College Maryland 6 0
LAC #97 Austin College Texas 7 0
LAC #100 Hendrix College Arkansas 8 0
LAC #100 Whittier College California 6 0
LAC #100 SUNY College at Geneseo New York 18 0
LAC #100 Beloit College Wisconsin 11 0
LAC #106 Transylvania University Kentucky 3 0
LAC #106 St. Mary's College of Maryland Maryland 17 0
LAC #106 Pacific Lutheran University Washington 8 0
LAC #109 Westmont College California 13 0
LAC #109 Hanover College Indiana 7 0
LAC #111 Luther College Iowa 2 0
LAC #111 Whitworth University Washington 15 0
LAC #116 Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio 11 0
LAC #116 Roanoke College Virginia 9 0
LAC #119 Coe College Iowa 2 0
LAC #119 Albion College Michigan 6 0
LAC #119 Meredith College North Carolina 6 0
LAC #119 Christopher Newport University Virginia 37 0
LAC #119 Ripon College Wisconsin 5 0
LAC #119 California State University-Channel Islands California 94 0
LAC #125 Goucher College Maryland 8 0
LAC #125 Emmanuel College Massachusetts 4 0
LAC #128 Cornell College Iowa 2 0
LAC #128 University of Minnesota-Morris Minnesota 1 0
LAC #128 SUNY at Purchase College New York 15 0
LAC #128 University of Mary Washington Virginia 19 0
LAC #132 Eckerd College Florida 8 0
LAC #132 Saint Norbert College Wisconsin 11 1
LAC #138 Millsaps College Mississippi 5 0
LAC #138 Truman State University Missouri 11 0
LAC #140 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Massachusetts 6 0
LAC #142 Eastern Connecticut State University Connecticut 25 0
LAC #142 Covenant College Georgia 6 0
LAC #146 Oglethorpe University Georgia 7 0
LAC #146 Claflin University South Carolina 5 0
LAC #146 Fisk University Tennessee 3 0
LAC #153 University of Hawaii--Hilo Hawaii 14 0
LAC #154 SUNY Old Westbury New York 30 0
LAC #154 University of North Carolina Asheville North Carolina 21 0
LAC #157 Randolph College Virginia 2 0
LAC #158 Presbyterian College South Carolina 9 1
LAC #160 Salem College North Carolina 5 0
LAC #160 Wittenberg University Ohio 8 0
LAC #160 Albright College Pennsylvania 18 0
LAC #160 University of Puerto Rico at Cayey Puerto Rico 6 0
LAC #165 Bridgewater College Virginia 7 0
LAC #170 Western Oregon University Oregon 8 0
LAC #172 Brigham Young University-Idaho Idaho 30 1
LAC #176 Virginia Wesleyan University Virginia 2 0
LAC #177 Grambling State University Louisiana 13 0
LAC #178 Tougaloo College Mississippi 1 0
LAC #178 University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Oklahoma 4 0
LAC #181 Bethune-Cookman University Florida 10 0
LAC #184 Fort Lewis College Colorado 23 0
LAC #184 Indiana University-Southeast Indiana 6 0
LAC #184 Harris-Stowe State University Missouri 4 0
LAC #184 Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 11 0
LAC #184 Lane College Tennessee 12 0
LAC #184 Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texas 8 0
LAC #184 Utah Tech University Utah 10 0
— California State University-Northridge California 341 3
— California State University--San Bernardino California 231 3
— Arizona State University Digital Immersion Arizona 217 1
— California State University-San Marcos California 215 0
— California State University-Chico California 198 0
— Mt San Antonio College California 192 0
— California State University-Dominguez Hills California 190 0
— Long Beach City College California 177 2
— California State Polytechnic University-Pomona California 152 0
— University of North Carolina at Pembroke North Carolina 127 0
— CUNY Lehman College New York 118 2
— Bakersfield College California 117 0
— Merced College California 115 0
— California State University-Bakersfield California 111 0
— California State University-Stanislaus California 102 1
— Fullerton College California 102 0
— Western Washington University Washington 98 1
— California State University--East Bay California 96 0
— East Los Angeles College California 96 0
— Los Angeles Valley College California 96 0
— Citrus College California 95 2
— Cerritos College California 93 0
— Santa Monica College California 93 4
— American Public University System West Virginia 93 0
— El Camino Community College District California 89 2
— Fayetteville State University North Carolina 89 0
— Coastline Community College California 84 0
— Chaffey College California 83 0
— Santa Barbara City College California 81 2
— State University of New York at New Paltz New York 81 0

Purple: international students are 25% or more of the school's graduates.

Related jobs and pay

OccupationUS employmentMean hourly wageMean annual wage
Managers, All Other 622,190 $73.99 $153,890
Social Science Research Assistants 30,640 $31.80 $66,140
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary 11,850 — $96,980
Sociologists 2,260 $55.25 $114,920

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

Graduate counts: IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education, 2002–2025. Rankings: 2027 U.S. News.