Sociology at Chicago State University

What traits are you looking for in a sociology school? To help you decide if Chicago State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's sociology program.

CSU is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,644. In 2021, 15 sociology majors received their bachelor's degree from CSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sociology section at the bottom of this page.

CSU Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

CSU Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how CSU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at CSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	367
	374
Most Popular Sociology Schools	529

How Much Do Sociology Graduates from CSU Make?

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSU is $29,578. This is less than $30,566, which is the national average of all sociology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Sociology Student Demographics at CSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at Chicago State University.

CSU Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 sociology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CSU, about 27% were men and 73% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at CSU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Chicago State University with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CSU also has a doctoral program available in sociology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Chicago State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Sociology Professors	610	$78,290
Sociologists	350	$86,280

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.