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2023 Most Popular 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.

The Most Popular Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region 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 Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for sociology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Greensboro the most popular school in the Southeast Region for sociology students working on their graduate certificate. 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 #2 on this year’s list means Appalachian State University is a great place for sociology students working on their graduate certificate. Appalachian State is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Boone.

Women make up 60% of the sociology majors at the school.

Full Sociology at Appalachian State University Report

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 medium-sized city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in sociology at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Kentucky helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular sociology schools in the Southeast Region . UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

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Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fayetteville State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Fayetteville, Fayetteville State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the # 5 spot on the list. VCU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Richmond.

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#5

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

Out of the 9 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Mississippi State is a very large public school located in the remote town of Mississippi State.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Florence, UNA is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Marshall University

Huntington, WV

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Marshall University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular sociology schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Sociology Colleges by State

Explore the best sociology schools 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 9 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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