Sociology

Ranked in 2013 | Sociology Rankings Methodology

Sociologists study a broad range of societal dynamics and their effects on humans and individual attitudes. They may find jobs in community organizations, service agencies, universities, and more. These are the top sociology schools.

Rank School name Score
#1 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

4.7
#1 University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

4.7
#1 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

4.7
#4 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

4.6
#4 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

4.6
#6 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

4.5
#6 University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

4.5
#6 University of North Carolina–​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

4.5
#9 University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

4.4
#10 Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

4.3
#10 University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

4.3
#12 Columbia University

New York, NY

4.2
#12 Indiana University–​Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

4.2
#14 Duke University

Durham, NC

4.1
#14 University of Texas–​Austin

Austin, TX

4.1
#16 New York University

New York, NY

4.0
#17 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

3.9
#17 Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

3.9
#17 Pennsylvania State University–​University Park

University Park, PA

3.9
#20 University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

3.8
#20 University of Minnesota–​Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

3.8
#20 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

3.8
#20 Yale University

New Haven, CT

3.8
#24 University of Maryland–​College Park

College Park, MD

3.7
#25 Brown University

Providence, RI

3.6

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Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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