Future Graduate Students
Learn about research opportunities, admissions, funding, the Sociology PhD Program, and graduate student experiences.
Current Graduate Students
Student resources for computing services, outside funding sources, research and travel support, campus libraries, professional organizations and affiliated centers on campus.
Future Graduate Students
Learn about research opportunities, admissions, funding, the Sociology PhD Program, and graduate student experiences.
Current Graduate Students
Student resources for computing services, outside funding sources, research and travel support, campus libraries, professional organizations and affiliated centers on campus.
The Ohio State University: training generations of sociologists for over 100 years
Sociology PhD Program
The OSU Sociology graduate program is a rigorous yet flexible PhD curriculum that allows you to specialize in any number of sociology research areas.
We regularly offer graduate seminars and other training opportunities in a wide variety of substantive areas, such as:
- Community and Urban Studies
- Criminology/Criminal Justice
- Demography (Migration/Immigration, Fertility, Mortality)
- Education and Work/Labor Markets
- Family and Children/Youth
- Political/Social Movements
- Population Health/Medical Sociology
- Social/Economic Inequality
Graduate Research
In a recent U.S. News and World Reports rankings, our Sociology doctoral program ranked 18th overall and 10th in the specialties of stratification and population among all programs in the U.S.
Our faculty research productivity, as measured by peer-reviewed articles and scholarly books, is in the top 2% among all sociology departments.
Graduate Student Experiences
Hear from Ohio State alumni who graduated from the Department of Sociology.
On the Job Market
Graduate students and alumni profiles currently on the job market.
Recent Placements
Our department has strong record of placement for PhD students. Meet some of the students we've successfully found work for.
Graduate Student Experiences
Hear from Ohio State alumni who graduated from the Department of Sociology.
On the Job Market
Graduate students and alumni profiles currently on the job market.
Recent Placements
Our department has strong record of placement for PhD students. Meet some of the students we've successfully found work for.