178 PhD programmes in Sociology in North America

The Social and Decision Sciences doctoral program at Carnegie Mellon University emphasizes multi-disciplinary approaches to complex problems.

Our Sociology graduate program at Emory University provides rigorous training in theory, research design, and statistics. 

Our PhD Societal Computing program at the Carnegie Mellon University in the integrated, innovative discipline of Societal Computing provides the techniques, theories, and research methods to address societal issues and create technologies that impact society.

The Department of Sociology at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill offers the master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees in sociology. 

The PhD in Social and Cultural Analysis at Concordia University Montréal combines elements of anthropology and sociology to examine a range of social questions. 

The Ph.D. in Education, Culture and Society at the University of Pennsylvania provides a rigorous theoretical and methodological framework for the study of education, focusing on social, cultural, political, and normative dimensions.

A minimum of 51 credit hours beyond the master’s degree is required for the PhD degree. These credit hours include 24 credit hours of Doctoral Research and Dissertation and a minimum of 27 credit hours in graduate course work (9 courses). The Sociology program is offered by the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

Simon Fraser University offers an excellent environment for research and graduate Sociology studies.

The Prevention Science Graduate Program at Washington State University provides training opportunities at the doctoral level for students interested in developing expertise in the study of individuals and families and in the development and evaluation of prevention programs.

Apply your knowledge to the many social and physical challenges we face during our lives, such as gender politics, group dynamics, death and dying. We offer a Human Studies and Interdisciplinarity degree at Laurentian University.

Sociology aims to understand patterns of human social life in all their historical and current diversity: how people live, think, feel, believe, and act, comparing our own society with others. This PhD degree is offered at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

The Interdisciplinary Social Research program at Trent University is addressing social issues of the past, present and future.

The Ph.D. program in Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware is designed to prepare the next generation of scholars for positions as researchers, professors, and leaders in early childhood, human development, family sciences, human services and related fields.

As a self-motivated and talented sociology PhD scholar, you'll find a rewarding array of intellectual and professional challenges through course work, seminars, qualifying examinations, teaching and research assistantships, conference presentations and dissertation writing. We offer a Sociology degree at the University of Guelph.

The emphasis of the PhD Program in Organizational Behavior at University of British Columbia is on developing research-oriented academics who study problems related to organizations, including the effects of management practices on people, between people within organizational settings, and between organizations themselves. 

The Sociomedical Sciences program from Columbia University is designed for individuals who wish to combine training in history or in a social or behavioral science discipline and to study questions significant to public health and medicine. 

Choosing Sociology at the University of South Carolina for your postgraduate studies opens up a range of career prospects from research or education to communications or government service, and much more in the public and private sectors.

This program at the University of Maryland equips students to address Maternal and Child Health issues at both the family and population levels. It is unique in its focus on the whole family system and family health policy.

The PhD Sociology program at University of Hawaii at Manoa is designed to give students systematic exposure to qualitative and quantitative theories and methods of social research. 

Students in the Sociology Ph.D. program at the University of Texas El Paso study the social complexities of the U.S.-Mexico border region and its people, conducting research into the challenges they face and possible solutions.