Sociology at University of Rhode Island

If you plan to study sociology, take a look at what University of Rhode Island has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from URI.

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

URI Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

URI Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology progam at URI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 URI 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
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	543
Best Sociology Schools	551

Earnings of URI Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $29,987. 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 URI

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

URI Sociology Bachelor’s Program

The sociology program at URI awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Other Social Sciences
• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography
• International Relations & National Security
• Economics

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Managers	830	$114,660
Sociology Professors	60	$116,720

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.