About

The University of Houston is a state university with a student body of over 30,000. Ranked as the fourth largest city in the nation, Houston provides a natural laboratory for social research. NIne full-time sociology faculty are engaged in a variety of community-based research projects, concerning such policy-relevant topics as public education, immigration, religion, healthcare, popular culture, and sports. Much of this research is supported by the Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bureau of the Census, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the National Institutes on Health, Drug Abuse and Justice, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Lilly Foundation and local foundations and agencies. These projects provide research experience and financial support for students, as well as employment opportunities for graduates.

Approximately 30 students are actively enrolled in the Sociology graduate program. The low faculty-student ratio facilitates personal attention to student needs. Because many students are employed and attend the university part-time, seminars are offered in the evenings during the regular school year.