Compare 120 Social Work/Sociology PhD Programs in the US
Grad School Navigator tracks 120 Social Work/Sociology PhD programs in the US across 80 universities. 31% report the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) as a requirement. Start with the ranked programs below, then use Explorer to compare the details that matter to your shortlist.
Top Programs
Sorted by Grad School Navigator University Rank. Each row also shows QS, Times Higher Education, U.S. News, or Academic Ranking of World Universities positions when available.
- 1
Harvard University
- Grad School Navigator#1University rank
- QS#5University rank
- Times Higher Education=5University rank
- U.S. News#1University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $59,048
- Program duration
- 96 months
- 2
Stanford University
- Grad School Navigator#2University rank
- QS#3University rank
- Times Higher Education=5University rank
- U.S. News#3University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 3
- Annual tuition
- $63,540
- Program duration
- 84 months
- 3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Grad School Navigator#3University rank
- QS#1University rank
- Times Higher Education#2University rank
- U.S. News#2University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $64,310
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 4
Princeton University
- Grad School Navigator#4University rank
- QS#25University rank
- Times Higher Education=3University rank
- U.S. News#14University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $65,210
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 5
University of California, Berkeley
- Grad School Navigator#6University rank
- QS#17University rank
- Times Higher Education#9University rank
- U.S. News#7University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $40,154
- 6
Yale University
- Grad School Navigator#8University rank
- QS#21University rank
- Times Higher Education#10University rank
- U.S. News#8University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $50,900
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 7
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS#15University rank
- Times Higher Education#14University rank
- U.S. News#17University rank
- Application deadline
- Feb 15
- Program duration
- 36 months
- 8
University of Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work, Social Policy, and Social Administration
- Grad School Navigator#11University rank
- QS#13University rank
- Times Higher Education#15University rank
- U.S. News#25University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $17,757
- Program duration
- 84 months
- 9
Columbia University
- Grad School Navigator#12University rank
- QS#38University rank
- Times Higher Education#20University rank
- U.S. News#10University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 18
- Annual tuition
- $56,840
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 10
Cornell University
- Grad School Navigator#13University rank
- QS#16University rank
- Times Higher Education=18University rank
- U.S. News#13University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $20,800
- Program duration
- 60 months
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The complete list of Social Work/Sociology PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Harvard University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 96 months |
| #1 | Harvard University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology and Social Policy | 72 months |
| #2 | Stanford University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 84 months |
| #2 | Stanford University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology of Education | 84 months |
| #3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | PhD in Economic Sociology | 72 months |
| #4 | Princeton University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 60 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 84 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | PhD in Social Welfare | |
| #8 | Yale University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 72 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in History and Sociology of Science | 72 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 60 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctorate in Clinical Social Work | 36 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | PhD in Demography | 48 months |
| #11 | University of Chicago | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work, Social Policy, and Social Administration | 84 months |
| #11 | University of Chicago | Master of Arts|Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 84 months |
| #12 | Columbia University | Doctor of Education in Sociology and Education | |
| #12 | Columbia University | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 24 months |
| #12 | Columbia University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 72 months |
| #12 | Columbia University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology and Education | |
| #13 | Cornell University | Doctor of Philosophy in Development Sociology | 60 months |
| #13 | Cornell University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 72 months |
| #16 | Johns Hopkins University | PhD in Sociology | 48 months |
| #17 | University of California, Los Angeles | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD in sociology | 60 months |
| #22 | Duke University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #23 | Northwestern University | Doctor of Sociology | 108 months |
| #24 | New York University | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 36 months |
| #24 | New York University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 60 months |
| #24 | New York University | Doctor of Social Work in Clinical Social Work | 36 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 96 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 96 months |
| #30 | Brown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 60 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 48 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 48 months |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Doctor of Philosophy in History and Sociology of Technology and Science | |
| #34 | Rice University | Doctor of Philosophy in sociology | 60 months |
| #35 | University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 60 months |
| #35 | University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #36 | Washington University in St. Louis | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | |
| #36 | Washington University in St. Louis | PhD in Sociology | 72 months |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 72 months |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #39 | Purdue University--West Lafayette | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 60 months |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Dual-Title PhD in Sociology and Demography | |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology and Demography | |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 60 months |
| #42 | University of Southern California | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | |
| #42 | University of Southern California | PhD in Sociology | |
| #43 | Emory University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #52 | Vanderbilt University | PhD Program in Sociology | 72 months |
| #55 | University of Virginia | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 72 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | PhD in Sociology-Gender And Sexuality | |
| #62 | University of California, Davis | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 84 months |
| #64 | University of Maryland, College Park | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #65 | University of California--Irvine | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 60 months |
| #72 | University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 60 months |
| #72 | University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 84 months |
| #75 | University of Pittsburgh | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | |
| #75 | University of Pittsburgh | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 72 months |
| #77 | University of Notre Dame | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 72 months |
| #77 | University of Notre Dame | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology & Peace Studies | 72 months |
| #81 | Rutgers University--New Brunswick | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 72 months |
| #81 | Rutgers University--New Brunswick | PhD in Sociology | 84 months |
| #84 | University of Massachusetts--Amherst | PhD in Sociology | 84 months |
| #85 | Boston University | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 24 months |
| #85 | Boston University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 84 months |
| #91 | Michigan State University | PhD in Social Work | 60 months |
| #91 | Michigan State University | PhD in Sociology | 72 months |
| #93 | Texas A&M University--College Station | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #95 | Ohio State University--Columbus | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | |
| #95 | Ohio State University--Columbus | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 60 months |
| #98 | Virginia Tech | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #99 | University of Georgia | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 60 months |
| #99 | University of Georgia | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #114 | North Carolina State University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #119 | University of California, Santa Cruz | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #124 | University of Arizona | PhD in sociology | 60 months |
| #126 | Indiana University--Bloomington | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | |
| #126 | Indiana University--Bloomington | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 36 months |
| #134 | University of Colorado Boulder | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #183 | University of Illinois--Chicago | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #191 | University of Connecticut | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 96 months |
| #191 | University of Connecticut | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #201–250 | Case Western Reserve University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #201–250 | Northeastern University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #251–300 | Stony Brook University--SUNY | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 12 months |
| #251–300 | University of Miami | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #301–400 | Tulane University | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | |
| #301–400 | University of California, Riverside | PhD in Sociology | 72 months |
| #301–400 | Boston College | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 48 months |
| #301–400 | Boston College | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 24 months |
| #301–400 | University at Buffalo--SUNY | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | 60 months |
| #301–400 | University at Buffalo--SUNY | Social-Personality Doctoral Program | 60 months |
| #301–400 | University of Iowa | Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work | 48 months |
| #301–400 | University of Iowa | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #401–500 | Florida State University | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology | |
| #401–500 | Florida State University | Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) in Social Work | |
| #401–500 | University of Delaware | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology |
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