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Best for Sociology & Social Work

Societies, communities and social change; social work is a licensed profession abroad.

What you would study

Bachelor's: BA Sociology, BSW
Master's / PhD: MA / MSc Sociology, MSW
Class 12 stream: Humanities, any
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Exams you may need

For bachelor's: IELTS/TOEFL
For master's: IELTS/TOEFL

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Ranked for Sociology

ShanghaiRanking GRAS 2025

#1Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts, United States · World #1 · UG fees ~₹59.6 lakh/yrAdmission guide #2University of Michigan, Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI, United States · World #33 · UG fees ~₹58.4 lakh/yr #3University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, California, United States · World #5 · UG fees ~₹48.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide #4The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas, United States · World #49Admission guide #5Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois, United States · World #31 · UG fees ~₹65.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide #6Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island, United States · World 101–150 · UG fees ~₹68.7 lakh/yrAdmission guide #7Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey, United States · World #7 · UG fees ~₹65.3 lakh/yrAdmission guide #8University of OxfordOxford, England, United Kingdom · World #6Admission guide #9Columbia UniversityNew York, NY, United States · World #8 · UG fees ~₹68.8 lakh/yr #10New York UniversityNew York, NY, United States · World #28 · UG fees ~₹60.2 lakh/yr #11Pennsylvania State University, University ParkUniversity Park, Pennsylvania, United States · World 101–150Admission guide #12University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington, United States · World #17 · UG fees ~₹41.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide #13Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland, United States · World #19 · UG fees ~₹62.5 lakh/yrAdmission guide #14Ohio State University, ColumbusColumbus, Ohio, United States · World #83 · UG fees ~₹45.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide #15Stanford UniversityStanford, California, United States · World #2 · UG fees ~₹64.9 lakh/yrAdmission guide #15University of ChicagoChicago, IL, United States · World #10 · UG fees ~₹67.7 lakh/yrAdmission guide #17University of TorontoToronto, Ontario, Canada · World #25 · UG fees ~₹44.8 lakh/yrAdmission guide #18University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina, United States · World #39 · UG fees ~₹45.5 lakh/yrAdmission guide #19University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN, United States · World #51 · UG fees ~₹36.8 lakh/yr #20University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, California, United States · World #16 · UG fees ~₹47.3 lakh/yrAdmission guide #21University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · World #14 · UG fees ~₹65.8 lakh/yrAdmission guide #22University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California, United States · World #68 · UG fees ~₹70.2 lakh/yrAdmission guide #23University of Wisconsin, MadisonMadison, Wisconsin, United States · World #36 · UG fees ~₹43.6 lakh/yrAdmission guide #24University of California, IrvineIrvine, California, United States · World #79 · UG fees ~₹54.9 lakh/yrAdmission guide #25University College LondonLondon, England, United Kingdom · World #14Admission guide #26Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY, United States · World #12 · UG fees ~₹70.8 lakh/yrAdmission guide #27National University of SingaporeSingapore, Singapore · World #56Admission guide #28University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL, United States · World 401–500 · UG fees ~₹28.6 lakh/yr #29The University of EdinburghEdinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · World #37Admission guide #30Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT, United States · World #11 · UG fees ~₹69.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide #31University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park, Maryland, United States · World #55 · UG fees ~₹39.5 lakh/yrAdmission guide #32University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands · World #73Admission guide #33University of British ColumbiaVancouver, British Columbia, Canada · World #53Admission guide #33University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado, United States · World #62 · UG fees ~₹43 lakh/yrAdmission guide #35University of California, San DiegoLa Jolla, San Diego, California, United States · World #20 · UG fees ~₹48.8 lakh/yrAdmission guide #36University of OsloNorway · World #83 #37The London School of Economics and Political ScienceLondon, United Kingdom · World 151–200 · UG fees ~₹53.2 lakh/yrAdmission guide #38University of AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands · World 101–150Admission guide #39Utrecht UniversityUtrecht, Netherlands · World #56Admission guide #40University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah, United States · World 151–200 · UG fees ~₹31.5 lakh/yrAdmission guide #41The University of MelbourneParkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · World #38Admission guide #42University of Massachusetts, AmherstAmherst, MA, United States · World 201–300 · UG fees ~₹38.7 lakh/yr #43Arizona State UniversityTempe, Arizona, United States · World 151–200 · UG fees ~₹37.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide #43King's College LondonLondon, England, United Kingdom · World #61Admission guide #45Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina, United States · World #46 · UG fees ~₹65.9 lakh/yrAdmission guide #46Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia, United States · World 101–150 · UG fees ~₹61.6 lakh/yrAdmission guide #47Indiana University, BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana, United States · World 101–150 · UG fees ~₹42.5 lakh/yrAdmission guide #48McGill UniversityMontreal, Quebec, Canada · World #76Admission guide #48University of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · World #88 · UG fees ~₹41.5 lakh/yrAdmission guide #50Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeUnited States

Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025 — Sociology. Beyond the top 100 ranks are published in bands.

Where Sociology & Social Work leads

careers, and the same path in India

Careers it opens

Every Sociology & Social Work career — pay, skills, a week in the life →

Or study it in India

BSW · After 12th
MSW · After graduation
MPH · After graduation
Paramedical certificate after Class 10 · After 10th
UGC NET (Assistant Professor eligibility, JRF and PhD admission) · After master's
BA · After 12th

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