178 PhD programmes in Sociology in North America

The Doctoral Program in Social and Engineering Systems (SES) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a unique graduate research program focused on addressing concrete and societally significant problems by combining the analytical tools and methods of statistics and information sciences with engineering and the social sciences.

The Graduate Program in Sociology at the University of Maryland is designed for students seeking a Ph.D. degree.

The graduate program in Sociology at Pennsylvania State University offers advanced education for students who intend to pursue academic careers in sociology or who aspire to nonacademic research positions.

The Human Behavior and Design programme offered by Cornell University develops advanced research expertise in human-environment interactions, design research, and sustainable built environments.

Students in this joint Management and Organizations and Sociology program offered by Northwestern University are interested in topics that bridge management strategy and economic sociology, such as social movements, the production of culture, entrepreneurship, social networks, gender and race inequality in organizations, and globalization.   

The Sociology - Population Dynamics option at McGill University: provides graduate training in demographic methods (including life table analyses) and enhance students’ knowledge of critical population issues. 

The Sociology Department is required to conform to the general guidelines of Graduate Studies, which are presented in the The University of New Mexico Catalog.  

The Graduate Program in Sociology at the University of Miami is designed for students seeking the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Sociology.

The Department of Sociology conducts innovative research, while also remaining committed to teaching and mentoring students. For completion of the Sociology PhD degree at the University at Buffalo, students must pass two qualifying exams in departmental areas of specialization.

The program in Community Well-Being at the University of Miami, trains community-engaged action-researchers committed to promoting social justice through rigorous theoretical analysis and community-based research.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Sociology offered by the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts at McGill University is a research-intensive program that emphasizes interdisciplinary and comprehensive learning opportunities.

Sociology from University of California, San Francisco focused on the sociology of health, illness, biomedicine, and health care systems.

The Sociology program at York University focus is on critical scholarship, interdisciplinarity and sociological theory.

Work leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology at Texas A&M University is designed to give the candidate a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the study of society and of the theory, methods and research in their specialized area(s).

Global Health promotes equity in health and addresses current and future global health issues in innovative and multidisciplinary ways. This degree is offered at McMaster University.

The Social and Behavioral Sciences concentration in the Public Health Sciences PhD program at West Virginia University incorporates both theory and application and emphasizes both evidence-based, theory-driven primary prevention of disease and injury and health promotion research and practice. 

Learn advanced techniques in qualitative and quantitative methods. In the Sociology program from University of Victoria, you’ll pursue coursework and candidacy examinations to supplement your independent research.

The EdD in Social Justice Education (SJE) at the University of Toronto is designed for those with an interest in professional and/or voluntary practice in relevant field domains where there is an interface between theory and practice and where the vision, skills, and commitment of dedicated and research-informed practitioners are pivotal to outcomes.

The Department of Sociology at the Brown University has developed an exciting program of studies at the graduate level, built on our faculty's research interests and their commitment to excellence.

Key to the doctoral training offered by the New York University Department of Sociology is a distinguished faculty doing cutting-edge research on topics important to theory and policy.