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 Overall Score:	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	4.7
^#1Tie Overall Score:	University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA	4.7

^#1Tie Overall Score:	University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	4.7
^#5 Overall Score:	Stanford University Stanford, CA	4.6
^#6Tie Overall Score:	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 Overall Score:	New York University New York, NY	4.2
^#11Tie Overall Score:	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	4.2
^#11Tie Overall Score:	University of Texas—Austin Austin, TX	4.2
^#15Tie Overall Score:	Duke University Durham, NC	4.1
^#15Tie Overall Score:	Indiana University—Bloomington Bloomington, IN	4.1
^#17Tie Overall Score:	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	4.0
^#17Tie Overall Score:	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	4.0
^#17Tie Overall Score:	Pennsylvania State University—University Park University Park, PA	4.0
^#17Tie Overall Score:	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 Overall Score:	Brown University Providence, RI	3.7
^#24Tie Overall Score:	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	3.7