Reputational Ranking of Graduate Programs in Sociology #1
The following ranking of graduate programs in sociology is done by U.S. News and World Report (2011). It
is based on the scholarly quality of the faculty and the effectiveness of the program in educating research
scholars/scientists. All such ratings are suspect, but they give you some sense of academic reputations of
various schools. Source: http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools
Rank
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2
3
5
9
10
14
17
20
25
27
28
31
36
39
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Institution
Rank
University of California Berkeley
University of Wisconsin Madison
Princeton University
University of Michigan
University of Chicago
Stanford University
Harvard University
University of North Carolina
Northwestern University
University of California Los Angeles
Columbia University
Indiana University
University of Pennsylvania
Duke University
New York University
University of Texas, Austin
Cornell University
Ohio State University
University of Washington
Pennsylvania State University
University of Arizona
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Minnesota
Yale University
Brown University
Johns Hopkins University
University of California Irvine
City University of New York (CUNY)
University of Albany—SUNY
University of California, Santa Barbara
Rutgers University, State University of N J
University of California Davis
University of California, San Diego
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Vanderbilt University
Emory University
University of Iowa
University of Virginia
Florida State University
University of Southern California
Boston College
Stony Brook University—SUNY
Texas A & M University
University of California, Riverside
University of Florida
University of Illinois, Chicago
Washington State University
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54
57
64
65
66
72
77
82
90
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Institution
Brandeis University
Michigan State University
North Carolina State University
University of Georgia
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Notre Dame
Purdue University
University of California, Santa Cruz
Arizona State University
University of Pittsburgh
Boston University
New School for Social Research
University of California, San Francisco
University of Colorado
University of Connecticut
University of Oregon
University of Delaware
University of Kansas
Binghamton University—SUNY
Bowling Green State University
Northeastern University
Syracuse University
Iowa State University
Louisiana State University
Teachers College—Columbia University
Temple University
University of Nebraska
Baylor University
Case Western Reserve
Georgia State University
University of Buffalo—SUNY
University of Missouri
Colorado State University
Howard University
Loyola University, Chicago
Southern Illinois University
Tulane University
University of Miami (FL)
University of New Hampshire
University of New Mexico
American University
Brigham Young University
Fordham University
Kent State University
University of Alabama, Birmingham
University of Cincinnati
University of Kentucky
University of Oklahoma
University of Tennessee
Reputational Ranking of Graduate Programs in Sociology #2
The following ranking of graduate programs in sociology is done by the National Research Council. It is
based on the scholarly quality of the faculty and the effectiveness of the program in educating research
scholars/scientists. The listing and a discussion of the method of research for this ranking appear in The
Chronicle of Higher Education, September 22, 1995. Unfortunately such a rating has not been published
since that time.
Rank
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
25
27
27
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
40
42
43
44
45
46
47
47
Institution
Rank
49
50
50
52
53
54
55
56
56
58
59
60
61
61
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
76
76
76
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
92
92
92
94
95
University of Chicago
University of Wisconsin Madison
University of California Berkeley
University of Michigan
University of California Los Angeles
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Harvard University
Stanford University
Northwestern University
University of Washington
University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University
Princeton University
University of Arizona
Columbia University
University of Texas Austin
Johns Hopkins University
Pennsylvania State University
Yale University
Duke University
New York University
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
University of Minnesota
State University of New York Stony Brook
Ohio State University
Vanderbilt University
University of California Riverside
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
State University of New York Albany
Rutgers University New Brunswick
Washington State University
University of Maryland C Park
State University of New York Binghamton
Cornell University
Florida State University
City University of New York
Brown University
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Southern California
University of Iowa
Michigan State University
University of Florida
Boston University
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Notre Dame
University of Virginia
University of Georgia
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Institution
University of Connecticut
University of California San Francisco
Texas A&M University
Purdue University
University of California Santa Cruz
University of Kentucky
Boston College
University of Oregon
University of Colorado
Syracuse University
University of Pittsburgh
Brandeis University
Iowa State University
Temple University
University of Missouri Columbia
North Carolina State University
Louisiana State University
University of Kansas
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Loyola University of Chicago
University of Delaware
University of New Hampshire
Northeastern University
Tulane University
Arizona State University
State University of New York Buffalo
Bowling Green State University
Howard University
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Southern Illinois University
University of Tennessee Knoxville
American University
Colorado State University
Fordham University
University of Utah
University of Akron
Western Michigan University
Mississippi State University
University of Cincinnati
Kent State University
University of Oklahoma
University of Denver
Utah State University
University of North Texas
Catholic University of America
Georgia State University
Oklahoma State University
Publication-Based Ranking of Graduate Programs in Sociology
This ranking of graduate programs in sociology is based on the publication productivity of the faculty of these programs
for a five-year period. The sole measure was publication in the three most prestigious sociological journals: American
Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, and Social Forces. Note that it does not include publication in
specialty journals nor production of books in the field. It should be considered as one type of counter-check to the
reputational ranking on the previous page. If a school ranks higher in this listing, that is noteworthy and may indicate a
trend for the future, but a lower ranking using this methodology is not necessarily an indication of deterioration of the
program.
Rank
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2
3
4
5
6
6
8
8
10
11
11
11
Institution
Rank
University of Chicago
University of Wisconsin at Madison
SUNY at Albany
University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill
University of Michigan
University of Arizona
University of Indiana
Penn State University
Ohio State University
University of California/Berkeley
Harvard University
Columbia University
Vanderbilt University
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14
14
14
14
19
20
21
21
23
23
23
23
Institution
Stanford University
UCLA
Cornell University
Duke University
University of Texas at Austin
University of Iowa
University of Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
Emory University
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Louisiana State University
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Please note that in FOB—in the alcove between the second and third floors—there is a recent copy of the
ASA publication on Graduate Programs in Sociology. That resource will list areas of specialization for
each graduate program, the names and contact information for faculty members in that department, and
other useful information. We ask that the book be used in the building so it is available to all, but please do
use it. Likewise, there is a publication on all members of the American Sociological Association, so if you
want to contact an author whose work you admire or want to ask about graduate school, this is a good place
to locate these sociologists.
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