Our department is ranked No. 1 overall among the 117 sociology departments in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Best Graduate Schools and Programs report. Each department's score is based on a survey of academics at peer institutions.
Rankings certainly do not fully capture the accomplishments of our community including faculty, student and staff members. They do speak to the breadth and strength of our program at some level:
#1 in Sociology
#2 in Economic Sociology
#2 in Sex and Gender
#2 in Cultural Sociology
#3 in Historical Sociology
#6 in Social Stratification
#11 in Sociology of Population
Across campus, the following programs at UC Berkeley are also ranked highly by U.S. News:
#1 English
#1 History
#3 Engineering
#4 Political Science
#4 Public Policy
#7 Business
#7 Economics
#8 Public Health
#9 Law