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2023 Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Sociology Graduate Certificate School for You

Sociology is the #94 most popular major in the country with 1,907 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the sociology graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Sociology

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the best school in the United States for sociology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best sociology schools in the United States. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Woman’s University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best sociology schools in the United States. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.

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#4

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Oakland is a large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

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With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best schools for sociology students working on their graduate certificate. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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Middle Tennessee State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.

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Sam Houston State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

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#9

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky ranked #9 on this year’s Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.

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Sociology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Sociology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Anthropology 1,446

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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