If you pursue a degree in sociology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #25 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Sociology Schools in Nevada ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 131 degrees in sociology annually.
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 Schools in Nevada list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the sociology degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Nevada - Reno is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in sociology. UNR is a fairly large public university located in the city of Reno.
After graduating, sociology degree recipients generally earn about $36,295 in the first five years of their career.
University of Nevada - Las Vegas is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in sociology. UNLV is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.
Graduates who receive their degree from the sociology program earn an average of $33,553 in the first couple years of working.
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).