100 Best colleges for Sociology in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Sociology. A graph of 132M citations received by 4.69M academic papers made by 1,557 universities in the United States was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

For Sociology

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Sociology

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

3. Stanford University

For Sociology

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

4. University of Washington - Seattle

For Sociology

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

5. Columbia University

For Sociology

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

6. University of California - Berkeley

For Sociology

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

7. Johns Hopkins University

For Sociology

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

8. Cornell University

For Sociology

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

9. University of California - Los Angeles

For Sociology

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

10. Yale University

For Sociology

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

11. University of Pennsylvania

For Sociology

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

12. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Sociology

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

13. University of Chicago

For Sociology

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

14. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Sociology

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

15. Pennsylvania State University

For Sociology

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

16. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Sociology

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

17. Ohio State University

For Sociology

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

18. New York University

For Sociology

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

19. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Sociology

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

20. University of Southern California

For Sociology

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

21. University of California - San Francisco

For Sociology

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

22. Michigan State University

For Sociology

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

23. University of Pittsburgh

For Sociology

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

24. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Sociology

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

25. University of Texas at Austin

For Sociology

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

26. Duke University

For Sociology

#38 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

27. University of Arizona

For Sociology

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

28. University of California - Davis

For Sociology

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

29. University of California-San Diego

For Sociology

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

30. Boston University

For Sociology

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

31. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Sociology

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

32. University of Maryland - College Park

For Sociology

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

33. University of Florida

For Sociology

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

34. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Sociology

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

35. Emory University

For Sociology

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

36. Princeton University

For Sociology

#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

37. Northwestern University

For Sociology

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

38. Washington University in St Louis

For Sociology

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

39. University of Virginia

For Sociology

#69 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

40. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Sociology

#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

41. University of California - Irvine

For Sociology

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

42. University of Iowa

For Sociology

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

43. University of Utah

For Sociology

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

44. Vanderbilt University

For Sociology

#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

45. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Sociology

#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

46. Carnegie Mellon University

For Sociology

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

47. University of Georgia

For Sociology

#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

48. Iowa State University

For Sociology

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

49. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Sociology

#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

50. Florida State University

For Sociology

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

51. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Sociology

#105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

52. University of South Florida

For Sociology

#108 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

53. University of Miami

For Sociology

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

54. Georgetown University

For Sociology

#110 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

55. University of Kentucky

For Sociology

#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

56. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Sociology

#114 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

57. Case Western Reserve University

For Sociology

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

58. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Sociology

#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

59. University of Rochester

For Sociology

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

60. University of Colorado Boulder

For Sociology

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

61. George Washington University

For Sociology

#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

62. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Sociology

#126 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

63. Brown University

For Sociology

#128 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

64. University of Connecticut

For Sociology

#129 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

65. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Sociology

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Net Price
$11,830
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,182

66. University of Kansas

For Sociology

#131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

67. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Sociology

#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

68. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Sociology

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

69. Providence College

For Sociology

#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

70. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Sociology

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

71. Tufts University

For Sociology

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

72. University at Buffalo

For Sociology

#149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

73. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Sociology

#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

74. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Sociology

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

75. University of Cincinnati

For Sociology

#154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

76. George Mason University

For Sociology

#156 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

77. University of Notre Dame

For Sociology

#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

78. Georgia State University

For Sociology

#162 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
95%

79. Purdue University

For Sociology

#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

80. Wayne State University

For Sociology

#166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

81. Baylor College of Medicine

For Sociology

#168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,610
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

82. Boston College

For Sociology

#171 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,559

83. Temple University

For Sociology

#173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,575
Enrollment
33,196

84. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Sociology

#178 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1374
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,521

85. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Sociology

#179 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

86. University of New Mexico

For Sociology

#181 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,280

87. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Sociology

#182 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

88. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Sociology

#185 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

89. Syracuse University

For Sociology

#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

90. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Sociology

#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$21,202
Enrollment
19,478

91. Stony Brook University

For Sociology

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

92. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Sociology

#193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

93. SUNY at Albany

For Sociology

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

94. Seattle University

For Sociology

#202 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$35,412

95. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Sociology

#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,253
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1963

96. University of Hawaii at Manoa

For Sociology

#204 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
80%

97. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Sociology

#207 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

98. Dartmouth College

For Sociology

#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

99. Washington State University

For Sociology

#210 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$10,689
Enrollment
27,539

100. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Sociology

#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,931
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807

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