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September 29, 2010

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Sociology

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Baylor U. Sociology	25	51	17	43	3	15	105	116	86	112
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) Sociology	107	117	114	118	78	104	12	31	40	90
Boston College Sociology	81	100	81	104	76	99	26	55	43	77
Boston U. Sociology	87	108	69	101	104	115	2	7	73	101
Bowling Green State U. Sociology	15	30	16	34	2	20	23	53	74	110
Brandeis U. Sociology	69	95	61	94	82	106	62	96	25	64
Brigham Young U. Sociology	112	117	64	93	87	106	117	118	116	118
Brown U. Sociology	16	31	26	50	8	40	19	42	25	58
Case Western Reserve U. Sociology	35	81	19	55	91	108	97	115	65	115
City U. of New York Graduate Center Sociology	89	110	78	104	101	113	36	67	61	93
Columbia U. Sociology	8	20	3	11	96	114	85	109	1	15
Cornell U. Sociology	16	32	12	26	6	46	80	102	26	62
Duke U. Sociology	4	16	4	15	11	52	36	67	12	27
Emory U. Sociology	38	69	58	87	8	42	34	69	39	70
Florida Inter- national U. Comparative Sociology	95	112	113	118	50	93	2	8	54	100
Florida State U. Sociology	26	63	13	37	41	81	71	100	31	64
Fordham U. Sociology	81	101	98	112	35	78	4	12	85	111
Georgia State U. Sociology	92	113	52	91	103	115	14	33	79	104
Harvard U. Organizational Behavior	27	42	67	88	1	16	36	71	6	31
Harvard U. Social Policy	1	2	1	3	1	48	21	55	1	5
Harvard U. Sociology	3	5	2	9	34	79	17	39	1	5
Howard U. Sociology	91	110	106	115	116	118	1	1	102	118
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Sociology	20	34	32	50	10	46	40	73	13	32
Iowa State U. Human Development & Family Studies	43	73	51	79	10	42	51	88	34	77
Iowa State U. Sociology	54	83	56	82	18	69	45	77	56	87
Johns Hopkins U. Health, Behavior and Society	18	48	13	29	30	110	5	15	64	109
Johns Hopkins U. Population and Family Health Sciences	5	18	5	20	34	82	13	33	2	14
Johns Hopkins U. Sociology	18	34	16	31	46	90	27	57	15	36
Kansas State U. Sociology	92	112	88	110	21	62	90	109	97	114
Kent State U. Main Campus Sociology	42	74	61	89	30	81	40	75	66	105
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge Sociology	55	86	32	61	54	93	95	113	90	111
Loyola U. Chicago Sociology	104	116	94	113	82	101	69	99	96	112
Michigan State U. Criminal Justice	31	58	41	66	10	46	43	73	54	101
Michigan State U. Sociology	39	70	48	71	68	96	8	20	32	73
Mississippi State U. Sociology	41	79	23	50	27	80	102	115	73	112
New York U. Sociology	34	65	33	59	47	89	71	98	14	33
North Carolina State U. Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management	87	111	97	114	6	61	115	118	70	110
North Carolina State U. Sociology	52	79	47	70	36	76	66	97	30	69
North- eastern U. Sociology	42	74	44	66	29	86	28	66	36	83
North- western U. Sociology	26	43	31	54	36	76	6	17	17	33
Ohio State U. Main Campus Sociology	11	25	7	18	35	73	63	94	20	41
Ohio State U. Main Campus Rural Sociology	35	72	34	64	41	89	65	93	47	90
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus Sociology	83	104	93	111	13	59	102	114	97	115
Pennsyl- vania State U. Demography	5	15	4	14	5	27	51	84	24	69
Pennsyl- vania State U. Rural Sociology	16	31	23	47	1	10	65	98	53	102
Pennsyl- vania State U. Sociology	3	8	2	9	3	25	81	103	13	36
Princeton U. Sociology	1	2	1	3	8	36	28	60	2	7
Purdue U. Main Campus Sociology & Anthropology	56	82	56	78	78	105	79	104	44	81
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Sociology	31	54	22	37	65	98	39	74	12	25
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale Sociology	66	92	67	99	18	68	13	32	67	102
Stanford U. Sociology	10	23	13	25	12	61	62	92	6	19
State U. of New York at Albany Sociology	41	71	30	49	60	95	64	92	15	46
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Sociology	72	93	56	79	49	88	74	100	27	52
Syracuse U. Main Campus Sociology	32	52	49	69	17	52	7	19	47	84
Temple U. Sociology	71	95	85	111	89	111	25	58	9	42
Texas A&M U. Sociology	76	99	61	93	58	89	9	24	78	107
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Sociology	73	96	62	93	45	83	36	65	51	91
U. of Akron Sociology	50	84	46	81	10	51	35	71	66	102
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Sociology	45	80	55	86	9	61	52	89	57	92
U. of Arizona Sociology	19	33	25	50	7	47	97	113	8	27
U. of California at Berkeley Sociology	30	51	31	51	73	99	23	52	3	13
U. of California at Davis Sociology	48	77	55	81	34	75	56	87	29	60
U. of California at Irvine Criminology, Law and Society	44	76	30	51	43	87	107	116	37	68
U. of California at Irvine Sociology	32	66	37	61	68	109	36	70	52	94
U. of California at Los Angeles Sociology	49	76	57	82	71	97	31	61	8	25
U. of California at Riverside Sociology	64	87	39	59	101	114	43	75	38	78
U. of California at San Diego Sociology	93	113	70	96	114	118	80	103	32	74
U. of California at San Francisco Sociology	6	20	2	12	100	115	14	37	15	80
U. of California at Santa Barbara Sociology	35	63	57	86	25	66	12	29	22	48
U. of California at Santa Cruz Sociology	114	117	101	113	104	116	39	74	80	108
U. of Chicago Sociology	13	27	15	28	66	94	38	72	5	19
U. of Colorado at Boulder Sociology	33	68	28	58	13	57	81	109	26	75
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Health and Behavioral Sciences	41	81	24	53	99	116	40	78	106	118
U. of Connec- ticut Sociology Ph.D.	94	112	111	117	16	63	74	100	51	84
U. of Connec- ticut Human Development and Family Studies Ph.D.	71	93	66	95	40	78	22	56	65	104
U. of Delaware Human Development and Family Studies	77	102	63	98	3	21	18	47	91	118
U. of Delaware Sociology	74	98	78	105	11	45	23	50	73	111
U. of Florida Sociology	51	84	63	96	8	54	19	47	64	94
U. of Georgia Sociology	34	73	38	73	17	57	57	89	50	89
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Sociology	118	118	96	112	115	118	89	111	86	113
U. of Illinois at Chicago Sociology	45	79	56	94	72	105	4	12	35	75
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Human and Community Development	15	28	18	36	8	50	6	16	34	68
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Sociology	72	92	93	110	95	110	8	21	28	59
U. of Iowa Sociology	21	38	32	55	5	40	46	81	15	45
U. of Kansas Sociology	94	114	91	110	102	116	65	97	55	113
U. of Kentucky Sociology	68	92	78	105	9	54	88	113	81	111
U. of Maryland at College Park Sociology	21	36	18	35	21	55	28	58	31	61
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Sociology	42	75	55	84	43	87	39	71	25	60
U. of Miami Sociology	5	15	15	28	2	38	2	6	10	32
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Sociology	6	16	8	16	42	81	21	48	5	11
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Family Social Science	31	60	30	57	38	79	14	37	62	100
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Sociology	34	67	28	54	61	90	48	84	31	62
U. of Missouri at Columbia Rural Sociology	94	114	98	117	40	87	32	68	94	114
U. of Missouri at Columbia Sociology	96	115	87	113	87	114	77	101	58	95
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Sociology	6	19	13	30	1	7	15	43	28	69
U. of New Hampshire Sociology	14	37	4	18	75	102	63	95	40	85
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Sociology	34	67	25	49	9	57	37	72	77	108
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sociology	8	18	12	23	9	48	85	105	8	16
U. of North Texas Sociology	94	112	80	104	99	115	19	43	41	85
U. of Notre Dame Sociology	76	97	77	106	31	70	100	114	22	52
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Sociology	42	74	61	91	36	87	35	74	31	73
U. of Oregon Sociology	107	116	79	102	99	113	80	104	54	106
U. of Pennsyl- vania Sociology	3	7	7	15	3	17	17	41	4	10
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Sociology	47	77	55	85	3	30	56	87	59	95
U. of Southern California Sociology	33	61	39	63	41	82	6	17	34	68
U. of Tennessee Sociology	86	106	91	109	55	95	102	115	92	113
U. of Texas at Austin Sociology	7	16	4	10	61	90	59	96	13	31
U. of Virginia Sociology	89	111	68	105	86	103	103	115	53	92
U. of Washing- ton Sociology	34	58	37	59	43	82	73	100	21	43
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Sociology	20	35	20	35	45	86	76	103	6	14
Utah State U. Family, Consumer, and Human Development (EHS)	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Utah State U. Sociology (HASS)	73	97	64	100	5	26	96	114	113	117
Vanderbilt U. Sociology	79	98	97	110	39	86	57	89	36	70
Virginia Tech Human Development	35	65	62	93	14	46	12	32	47	91
Virginia Tech Sociology	105	115	114	118	66	91	19	44	93	113
Washing- ton State U. Sociology	38	69	40	63	16	56	97	115	36	66
Wayne State U. Sociology	96	112	98	112	94	106	2	6	42	110
Western Michigan U. Criminology	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Western Michigan U. Sociology	95	113	112	118	26	76	112	117	104	115
Yale U. Sociology	59	85	72	100	47	87	40	73	18	46
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.