Sociology at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Every sociology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sociology program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year.

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

UT Knoxville Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology
• Master’s Degree in Sociology

UT Knoxville Sociology Rankings

The sociology major at UT Knoxville 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in sociology, making the school the #51 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Sociology Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville Sociology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Knoxville since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology at UT Knoxville are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	74
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UT Knoxville Sociology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of sociology master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Sociology

Sociology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology	105

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Geography & Cartography
• Economics
• Anthropology
• 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Sociology Professors	450	$43,390

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
• Image Credit: By Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.