2025 Best Sociology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in sociology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #45 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of sociology. Combined, these schools handed out 109 doctor's degrees in sociology to qualified students.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to sociology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other sociology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for sociology to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized sociology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for sociology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Sociology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Sociology in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in sociology.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Sociology

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

10 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in sociology needs to take a look at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill.More information about a doctorate in sociology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2

Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

10 Annual Graduates

Georgia State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in sociology. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in sociology from Georgia State University

Best Sociology Colleges by State

Explore the best sociology schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	23
Virginia	127	12
Georgia	126	18
North Carolina	115	16
Mississippi	113	2
Louisiana	103	6
Tennessee	102	11
Alabama	98	6
South Carolina	91	1
Kentucky	87	8
West Virginia	49	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Sociology

One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Sociology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Sociology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Sociology	109

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	186
Political Science & Government	109
Anthropology	82
Geography & Cartography	62
International Relations & National Security	31
Urban Studies	18
General Social Sciences	4
Other Social Sciences	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.