Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin

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 Texas at Austin stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 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 Austin Sociology Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Sociology Rankings

The sociology major at UT Austin 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 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in sociology, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Sociology Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Sociology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	43
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UT Austin Sociology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of sociology master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Of the students who received a sociology master's degree from UT Austin, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Texas at Austin. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sociology	162

Related Majors

• Urban Studies
• Geography & Cartography
• International Relations & National Security
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Sociology Professors	1,010	$82,580

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.