Sociology
SUBJECT LEAGUE TABLE 2027
Sociology focuses on human society – how it works, how it developed and why it's structured the way it is. Our university rankings for Sociology include Gender Studies and Social Theory.
Sociology focuses on human society – how it works, how it developed and why it's structured the way it is. Our university rankings for Sociology include Gender Studies and Social Theory.
Sociology focuses on human society – how it works, how it developed and why it's structured the way it is. Our university rankings for Sociology include Gender Studies and Social Theory.
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Overall score/ Max 100
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Entry standards/ Max 200
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Student satisfaction/ Max 5
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Research quality/ Max 4
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Contin - uation/ Max 100
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Graduate prospects – outcomes/ Max 100
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Graduate prospects – on track/ Max 100
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1234 35 46 17 38 49 310 31112 413 714 515 716 217 418 119 1020 1421 622 523 22425 1026 1227 112829 430 431 2232 1033 334 235 936 1337 63839 1540 441 2942 194344 445 1346 147 848 349 850 651 152 353 454 555 New56 557 1158 2159 660 161 1162 1063 New64 1265 266 167 368 569 170 147172 973 1474 407576 777 2978 179 1980 1481 782 483 984 585 2386 187 1388 589 990 191 592 793 394 595 296 1097 298 499 2100101 19102 4103 2
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100.0 100%99.9 100%96.7 97%93.9 94%92.3 92%91.6 92%91.4 91%91.4 91%90.6 91%89.8 90%89.8 90%89.4 89%89.4 89%88.6 89%88.2 88%88.1 88%88.0 88%88.0 88%88.0 88%87.9 88%87.8 88%87.7 88%87.5 88%87.3 87%87.2 87%87.1 87%87.0 87%86.6 87%86.2 86%85.7 86%85.6 86%85.5 86%85.5 86%85.4 85%85.3 85%85.1 85%85.1 85%84.7 85%84.5 85%84.5 85%84.3 84%83.9 84%83.7 84%83.5 84%83.3 83%83.2 83%83.1 83%83.0 83%83.0 83%82.8 83%82.7 83%82.5 83%82.5 83%82.4 82%82.4 82%82.2 82%81.8 82%81.8 82%81.8 82%81.7 82%81.6 82%81.3 81%81.2 81%81.0 81%80.8 81%80.7 81%80.5 81%80.4 80%80.1 80%79.7 80%79.5 80%79.5 80%79.5 80%79.3 79%79.2 79%79.2 79%79.1 79%79.1 79%79.0 79%79.0 79%78.8 79%78.7 79%78.6 79%78.6 79%78.5 79%77.8 78%77.8 78%77.6 78%77.4 77%77.2 77%77.1 77%76.4 76%76.3 76%76.2 76%75.9 76%75.5 76%75.5 76%75.2 75%74.9 75%74.0 74%72.7 73%71.2 71%69.2 69%
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195 98%200 100%157 78%143 72%142 71%146 73%140 70%133 67%134 67%141 70%130 65%143 71%139 70%121 61%134 67%145 73%134 67%122 61%129 64%200 100%130 65%119 60%134 67%113 56%170 85%181 91%129 64%102 51%167 84%117 59%91 46%119 60%129 64%116 58%107 54%100 50%109 55%105 53%113 56%116 58%96 48%107 53%101 50%106 53%151 76%110 55%100 50%104 52%107 53%110 55%115 58%111 56%99 49%104 52%108 54%110 55%102 51%111 56%101 51%108 54%109 55%115 58%102 51%111 55%129 64%97 49%109 54%109 55%101 51%106 53%97 49%113 56%99 50%105 52%100 50%100 50%117 59%94 47%87 44%98 49%92 46%104 52%95 47%85 42%101 50%85 42%87 43%107 53%99 50%89 44%90 45%103 51%81 41%95 48%141 71%85 43%95 47%100 50%99 49%95 47%101 50%76 38%77 39%
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3.11 78%3.19 80%3.24 81%3.10 78%3.16 79%3.13 78%3.10 78%3.21 80%3.28 82%3.17 79%3.18 79%3.07 77%3.00 75%3.24 81%3.02 75%3.14 78%3.07 77%3.18 79%3.06 76%3.03 76%3.07 77%3.23 81%3.12 78%3.15 79%3.05 76%2.94 74%3.14 78%3.22 80%3.08 77%3.07 77%3.40 85%2.79 70%3.25 81%3.03 76%3.06 76%3.17 79%3.05 76%3.16 79%3.26 81%3.12 78%3.36 84%3.41 85%3.00 75%2.94 74%3.02 76%3.23 81%3.15 79%3.04 76%3.19 80%3.15 79%3.18 79%3.12 78%3.27 82%2.96 74%3.36 84%3.04 76%3.15 79%3.10 77%3.13 78%3.09 77%3.15 79%3.06 77%2.87 72%3.30 83%3.17 79%3.21 80%3.32 83%3.07 77%3.14 78%3.25 81%3.12 78%3.16 79%2.84 71%3.01 75%3.06 76%3.06 77%3.22 81%3.11 78%3.00 75%3.09 77%3.05 76%3.26 82%3.13 78%3.36 84%3.15 79%3.31 83%3.29 82%3.06 76%2.59 65%3.01 75%3.26 82%3.09 77%3.17 79%3.19 80%3.19 80%3.00 75%3.23 81%3.31 83%3.03 76%2.99 75%3.11 78%3.06 76%2.80 70%
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3.54 89%3.55 89%3.37 84%3.23 81%3.29 82%3.39 85%3.16 79%3.57 89%3.41 85%2.91 73%3.47 87%3.22 81%3.51 88%3.22 81%3.17 79%n/a3.29 82%3.32 83%3.32 83%3.46 87%3.42 86%3.14 79%3.08 77%3.18 80%3.22 81%3.24 81%3.53 88%3.53 88%2.86 72%3.26 82%2.86 72%3.06 77%3.34 84%2.97 74%2.92 73%2.99 75%3.43 86%3.40 85%2.48 62%3.28 82%2.69 67%2.38 60%3.33 83%3.56 89%2.99 75%2.82 71%2.95 74%2.18 55%3.08 77%2.92 73%2.56 64%2.94 74%2.39 60%2.53 63%n/a3.30 83%2.82 71%2.81 70%2.82 71%2.89 72%3.23 81%3.19 80%3.21 80%2.25 56%2.33 58%2.41 60%2.48 62%2.73 68%2.59 65%2.01 50%2.90 73%3.31 83%2.73 68%2.55 64%2.61 65%2.29 57%2.79 70%2.83 71%2.94 74%2.55 64%2.59 65%2.65 66%2.79 70%3.10 78%n/a3.09 77%n/an/a3.25 81%2.77 69%2.60 65%n/an/a2.04 51%1.80 45%3.18 80%n/an/an/an/an/a1.91 48%n/a
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98.8 99%100 100%99.5 100%95.9 96%95.2 95%97.2 97%94 94%95.5 96%96.1 96%95.9 96%96.5 97%97.7 98%96.3 96%92.1 92%93.8 94%95.1 95%92.9 93%95.5 96%95.4 95%91.9 92%91.5 92%92.7 93%96.2 96%95.8 96%94.3 94%94.6 95%94.3 94%94.6 95%89.8 90%90.9 91%95 95%90.4 90%85.2 85%92.8 93%91.5 92%94.4 94%91.2 91%86.1 86%92.2 92%93.2 93%84.2 84%n/a93.2 93%90.9 91%87.4 87%89.5 90%93 93%92 92%91.6 92%87.8 88%89.9 90%84.3 84%90.2 90%93.5 94%85.3 85%84.7 85%92.1 92%85.9 86%91.2 91%89.5 90%79.6 80%88.2 88%90.8 91%89.1 89%85.4 85%91.7 92%84 84%91.4 91%89.6 90%92.9 93%84.3 84%82.3 82%89.9 90%86.8 87%88.1 88%89.9 90%83.3 83%90.6 91%88.1 88%88.9 89%82.4 82%82 82%81 81%83.3 83%89.9 90%73.4 73%93 93%83.4 83%85.5 86%83.1 83%80.1 80%88.1 88%84.4 84%84.4 84%74.6 75%77.1 77%82.1 82%83.3 83%87.5 88%89 89%79.4 79%77.9 78%79.3 79%
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86.0 86%n/a83.0 83%84.0 84%73.0 73%67.0 67%75.0 75%72.0 72%66.0 66%66.0 66%65.0 65%62.0 62%60.0 60%68.0 68%66.0 66%80.0 80%64.0 64%65.0 65%62.0 62%47.0 47%61.0 61%69.0 69%57.0 57%64.0 64%59.0 59%59.0 59%53.0 53%65.0 65%68.0 68%61.0 61%62.0 62%71.0 71%59.0 59%64.0 64%72.0 72%61.0 61%60.0 60%63.0 63%63.0 63%51.0 51%72.0 72%71.0 71%58.0 58%56.0 56%58.0 58%59.0 59%61.0 61%70.0 70%54.0 54%57.0 57%60.0 60%64.0 64%66.0 66%59.0 59%68.0 68%57.0 57%55.0 55%58.0 58%55.0 55%58.0 58%60.0 60%49.0 49%60.0 60%51.0 51%67.0 67%55.0 55%50.0 50%46.0 46%53.0 53%52.0 52%52.0 52%44.0 44%52.0 52%52.0 52%56.0 56%55.0 55%45.0 45%43.0 43%54.0 54%53.0 53%64.0 64%51.0 51%53.0 53%48.0 48%59.0 59%57.0 57%n/a64.0 64%53.0 53%56.0 56%51.0 51%46.0 46%63.0 63%51.0 51%60.0 60%49.0 49%58.0 58%51.0 51%55.0 55%50.0 50%44.0 44%42.0 42%n/a
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77.0 77%n/a78.0 78%81.0 81%79.0 79%68.0 68%79.0 79%66.0 66%65.0 65%73.0 73%65.0 65%62.0 62%69.0 69%73.0 73%67.0 67%78.0 78%64.0 64%60.0 60%65.0 65%62.0 62%71.0 71%65.0 65%65.0 65%69.0 69%65.0 65%44.0 44%61.0 61%58.0 58%65.0 65%68.0 68%75.0 75%75.0 75%60.0 60%66.0 66%74.0 74%72.0 72%68.0 68%71.0 71%68.0 68%61.0 61%78.0 78%60.0 60%61.0 61%59.0 59%75.0 75%62.0 62%62.0 62%72.0 72%61.0 61%67.0 67%64.0 64%64.0 64%66.0 66%70.0 70%89.0 89%60.0 60%60.0 60%62.0 62%60.0 60%62.0 62%69.0 69%60.0 60%56.0 56%64.0 64%65.0 65%63.0 63%68.0 68%64.0 64%63.0 63%55.0 55%61.0 61%55.0 55%71.0 71%61.0 61%58.0 58%56.0 56%59.0 59%65.0 65%56.0 56%55.0 55%59.0 59%60.0 60%69.0 69%52.0 52%64.0 64%72.0 72%n/a63.0 63%48.0 48%56.0 56%66.0 66%69.0 69%68.0 68%56.0 56%60.0 60%60.0 60%56.0 56%50.0 50%44.0 44%44.0 44%56.0 56%60.0 60%n/a
This table was first published on 2 June 2026.
Read the University and subject tables methodology to find out where the data comes from, how the tables are compiled and explanations of the measures used.
All measures used to compile the tables are available on the full table view. Maximum scores for the measures:
Overall score: maximum score of 100
Entry standards: no maximum limit, maximum score in current tables shown in header
Student satisfaction: maximum score of 4
Research quality: maximum score of 4
Continuation: maximum score of 100
Graduate prospects – outcomes: maximum score of 100
Graduate prospects – on track: maximum score of 100
The following institutions have courses in this subject but insufficient data to be included in the ranking:
- - Arden University
- - Glasgow Caledonian University
- - Lincoln Bishop University
- - Richmond American University London
- - Robert Gordon University
- - The University of Law
- - University of Cumbria
- - University of Reading
- - University of Strathclyde
- - University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)
- - University of the West of Scotland
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