Sociology at University of Missouri - Columbia

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

Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and approximately 31,089 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.

Mizzou Sociology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Mizzou

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Mizzou does offer online courses in sociology for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Mizzou Sociology Rankings

The sociology major at Mizzou 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in sociology, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Sociology Student Demographics at Mizzou

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

Mizzou 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.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology at Mizzou 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 University of Missouri - Columbia with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	32
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Mizzou Sociology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of sociology master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the sociology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 41% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Sociology Professors	180	$93,490

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 Adam Procter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.