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2023 Most Popular Sociology Schools in California

25 Colleges
$32,847 Avg Salary
$18,490 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Sociology School for You

In 2020-2021, 269 degrees and certificates were awarded to sociology students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #69 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Sociology Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 25 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Sociology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Sociology Colleges.

#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The excellent programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best sociology schools in California. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great place for sociology students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of California - Irvine helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best sociology schools in California. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 25 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

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California State University - Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for sociology students. It came in at #6 on the list. Cal State LA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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California State University - Fullerton landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular sociology programs. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Santa Cruz came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Sociology Schools in California ranking. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Santa Cruz.

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California State University - Dominguez Hills ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Sociology Schools in California list. Located in the city of Carson, CSUDH is a public college with a large student population.

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University of California - Davis landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular sociology programs. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 11
Oregon 17
Nevada 7
Hawaii 3

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

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 25 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kontos.

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