Sociology at Williams College

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

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,987. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Williams.

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

Williams Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Williams Sociology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Williams 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
	11
	13
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	189
Best Value Sociology Schools	207
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	400
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	583
Most Popular Sociology Schools	702

Sociology Student Demographics at Williams

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at Williams College.

Williams Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Williams in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Williams since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Other Social Sciences
• Political Science & Government
• 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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Sociology Professors	730	$85,270
Sociologists	120	$111,020

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.