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2023 Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for sociology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Sociology

Our 2023 rankings named Appalachian State University the best school in the Southeast Region for sociology students working on their graduate certificate. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the town of Boone.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Middle Tennessee State University is a great place for sociology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.

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Best Sociology Colleges by State

Explore the best sociology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 39
Florida 57
Georgia 49
North Carolina 80
Tennessee 40
Kentucky 24
Louisiana 17
Alabama 54
South Carolina 2
Mississippi 18
Arkansas 10
West Virginia 6

One of 12 majors within the area of study, sociology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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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