2023 Best Sociology Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Sociology Master's Degree School for You
Sociology is the #27 most popular major in the country with 38,475 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Sociology Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 31 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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2023 Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the sociology master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Sociology Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Notre Dame the best school in the Great Lakes Region for sociology students working on their master’s degree. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best sociology schools in the Great Lakes Region . U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.
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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.
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Illinois State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for sociology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree sociology programs. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.
University of Chicago landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree sociology programs. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Best Sociology Colleges by State
Explore the best sociology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 551 |
| Ohio | 702 |
| Illinois | 841 |
| Indiana | 471 |
| Wisconsin | 504 |
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Sociology Related Rankings by Major
Sociology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Sociology
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Political Science & Government | 49,282 |
| Economics | 49,055 |
| General Social Sciences | 18,997 |
| International Relations & National Security | 14,306 |
| Anthropology | 11,415 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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