A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, family structures, social deviance and control, and applications to the study of specific social groups, social institutions, and social problems.
| A major in Sociology is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 9
West Virginia
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Sociology among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV | 165
(4.4%) |  | - | |
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| | Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, WV | 17
(2.7%) |  |  | |
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| | Fairmont State University
Fairmont, WV | 18
(2.7%) |  | | |
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| | Concord University
Athens, WV | 9
(2.5%) | | | |
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| | West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon, WV | 4
(1.8%) | |  | |
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| | Marshall University
Huntington, WV | 14
(1.0%) | | | |
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| | Davis & Elkins College
Elkins, WV | 1
(0.9%) | | | |
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| | American Public University System
Charles Town, WV | 3
(0.3%) |  | | |
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| | West Virginia State University
Institute, WV | 1
(0.2%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.