The Experts' Choice: Excellent Sociology Programs

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Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
Baruch College, CUNY (New York, NY)
Beloit College (Beloit, WI)
Brandeis University (Waltham, MA)
Briar Cliff University (Sioux City, IA)
Brigham Young University—Provo (Provo, UT)
Brown University (Providence, RI)

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Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
Clark University (Worcester, MA)
Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Coe College (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO)

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Columbia University (New York, NY)

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Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA)
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
Denison University (Granville, OH)
Duke University (Durham, NC)

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Earlham College (Richmond, IN)
Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA)

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Goucher College (Baltimore, MD)

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Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY)
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Hendrix College (Conway, AR)
Howard University (Washington, DC)
Illinois College (Jacksonville, IL)
Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
Knox College (Galesburg, IL)
Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, IL)
Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)
McDaniel College (Westminster, MD)
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

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Moravian College (Bethlehem, PA)
Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
Ohio University (Athens, OH)

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Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)
Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK)
Pace University (New York, NY)

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Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

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Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT)

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Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia, PA)

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Simmons College (Boston, MA)
Smith College (Northampton, MA)
Sonoma State University (Rohnert Park, CA)
St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)
Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY)
Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC)
The College of Wooster (Wooster, OH)
The University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

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The University of Montana (Missoula, MT)

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The University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
Tufts University (Medford, MA)
University at Albany (Albany, NY)

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University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
University of California, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA)
University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, CO)

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University of Colorado Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs, CO)
University of Illinois Chicago (Chicago, IL)
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (Champaign, IL)
University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Wilmington, NC)
University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)

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University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)

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University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
University of Wisconsin—Madison (Madison, WI)
University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point (Stevens Point, WI)
Washington State University (Pullman, WA)

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Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA)

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Wheaton College (Norton, MA)

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Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA)
Yale University (New Haven, CT)

Source: College Finder Research

About This List

Most liberal arts and sciences schools offer courses in sociology...after all, it's a core subject. But where can you find sociology departments that go beyond the basics? The following colleges offer programs that are worth a second look. FYI, this list is from The College Finder, 2017 edition now available!

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