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2023 Most Popular Online Sociology Schools in the Great Lakes Region

4 Colleges
$31,085 Avg Salary
$25,610 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Sociology Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for sociology majors pursuing an online .

Our analysis found Western Illinois University to be the most popular school for sociology students who want to pursue an online degree in the Great Lakes Region . WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

On average, sociology graduates from WIU take out $38,132 in student loans while working on their degree.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Sinclair Community College is a great place for sociology students pursuing an online degree. Sinclair Community College is a large public school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Fort Wayne. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Sociology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. PFW is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lansing Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Sociology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize city of Lansing, LCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Explore the most popular online 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 is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kontos.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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