Employment statistics for sociology majors are similar to those of other majors/departments in the College of Social Sciences and graduates of the School of Business. Sociology majors can use their familiarity with social surveys and analyses to work at a survey-conducting institution or in the political sector, journalism/broadcasting, advertising, publishing, or any other area that requires the ability to plan/design, survey, and conduct data analyses. They can also use their skills to create policies and analyze the effects of such policies in areas for women, seniors, or teens, or the labor or welfare sector.
Sociology majors have abilities that are best put to use in areas related to the collection and analysis of information, policy-making or finding of solutions/policy alternatives in response to social change. Sociology majors are highly likely to find employment in the following areas:
- Survey institution, press, advertising/PR, publishing, arts, and culture
- Department of a private corporation or public institution responsible for planning, surveying, or research
- Areas of social welfare or NGO activity (labor, women, teens, welfare, civil society, etc.)