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Largest sociology programs in the United States

U.S. sociology programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.

Rank	School	City	Sector	Awards conferred
1	University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public, 4-year	645
2	University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	Public, 4-year	616
3	California State University-Northridge	Northridge	Public, 4-year	388
4	California State University-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public, 4-year	339
5	California State University-Fullerton	Fullerton	Public, 4-year	334
6	California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach	Public, 4-year	312
7	California State University-Sacramento	Sacramento	Public, 4-year	291
8	California State University-San Bernardino	San Bernardino	Public, 4-year	280
9	University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley	Public, 4-year	275
10	Arizona State University	Scottsdale	Public, 4-year	270
11	University of California-Riverside	Riverside	Public, 4-year	255
12	University of California-Davis	Davis	Public, 4-year	253
13	California State University-San Marcos	San Marcos	Public, 4-year	245
14	University of California-Irvine	Irvine	Public, 4-year	217
15	Mt San Antonio College	Walnut	Public, 2-year	196
16	San Jose State University	San Jose	Public, 4-year	194
17	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Pomona	Public, 4-year	193
18	California State University-Dominguez Hills	Carson	Public, 4-year	191
19	Texas A&M University-College Station	College Station	Public, 4-year	184
20	Purdue University-Main Campus	West Lafayette	Public, 4-year	177
21	CUNY Hunter College	New York	Public, 4-year	173
22	University of Washington	Seattle	Public, 4-year	170
23	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg	Public, 4-year	170
24	The University of Texas at Austin	Austin	Public, 4-year	168
25	San Diego State University	San Diego	Public, 4-year	167

Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.

How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.

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