Total Graduate Enrollment in Sociology

Last Updated: October 28, 2025

Note: Academic Discipline, Detailed (survey-specific): Sociology (1972 – 2016). Academic Discipline, Detailed (survey-specific): Sociology and population studies (2017 – ). Includes all students enrolled for a master’s or doctoral degree at a US institution, full- or part-time.

Source:

National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS). Data between 1972 – 1993 is obtained from WebCASPAR, https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/webcaspar/, and 1994 and beyond from Table Builder, https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/builder/gss. Values updated July 2025.

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