Sociology, Department of

The Ohio State University Department of Sociology is a leading department in the nation in graduate and undergraduate programs and faculty research. Our PhD program is ranked 17th in the nation and our undergraduate program is one of the largest on campus. Faculty have research expertise in stratification and inequality; community and urban sociology; criminology; population and health; education; family; work; and political sociology. Among 118 National Research Council-ranked sociology programs nationwide, we are in the top 10 percent in publications per faculty and percent of faculty with grants.