Sociology

Ranked in 2017 | Sociology Rankings Methodology

Sociologists study a broad range of societal dynamics and their effects on people and individual attitudes. They may find jobs in community organizations, service agencies, universities and more. These are the top sociology schools. Each school's score reflects its average rating on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding), based on a survey of academics at peer institutions.

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Rank School name Score
#1Tie
Overall Score:
Harvard University 

Cambridge, MA

4.7
#1Tie
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Princeton University 

Princeton, NJ

4.7
#1Tie
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University of California—​Berkeley 

Berkeley, CA

4.7
#1Tie
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University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor 

Ann Arbor, MI

4.7
#5
Overall Score:
Stanford University 

Stanford, CA

4.6
#6Tie
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University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill 

Chapel Hill, NC

4.5
#6Tie
Overall Score:
University of Wisconsin—​Madison 

Madison, WI

4.5
#8Tie
Overall Score:
University of California—​Los Angeles 

Los Angeles, CA

4.4
#8Tie
Overall Score:
University of Chicago 

Chicago, IL

4.4
#10
Overall Score:
Northwestern University 

Evanston, IL

4.3
#11Tie
Overall Score:
Columbia University 

New York, NY

4.2
#11Tie
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New York University 

New York, NY

4.2
#11Tie
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University of Pennsylvania 

Philadelphia, PA

4.2
#11Tie
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University of Texas—​Austin 

Austin, TX

4.2
#15Tie
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Duke University 

Durham, NC

4.1
#15Tie
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Indiana University—​Bloomington 

Bloomington, IN

4.1
#17Tie
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Cornell University 

Ithaca, NY

4.0
#17Tie
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Ohio State University 

Columbus, OH

4.0
#17Tie
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Pennsylvania State University—​University Park 

University Park, PA

4.0
#17Tie
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University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities 

Minneapolis, MN

4.0
#17Tie
Overall Score:
University of Washington 

Seattle, WA

4.0
#22
Overall Score:
Yale University 

New Haven, CT

3.9
#23
Overall Score:
University of California—​Irvine 

Irvine, CA

3.8
#24Tie
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Brown University 

Providence, RI

3.7
#24Tie
Overall Score:
University of Arizona 

Tucson, AZ

3.7

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