Demographics — Sociology, Fordham University

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Diversity Ranking

(Source: NRC, 2010)
The National Research Council ranked programs based on a measure of overall diversity. They generated 500 different rankings to simulate the effects of using different sets of evaluators and ranking programs in different years. Learn more
Histogram of rankings ?
Diversity ranking out of 118 Sociology programs
Range of rankings ?4-12

Faculty Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2006)
Female faculty 58%
Minority faculty 36%

Student Demographics

(Source: GSS, 2007)

Sex

Men 38%
Women 62%

Citizenship

US citizens or permanent residents 88%
Temporary visa holders 12%

Race / Ethnicity

(for US citizens / permanent residents)
Black / African American 7%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0%
Asian 0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0%
White 50%
Hispanic / Latino 21%
Multiracial, Hispanic / Latino 0%
Multiracial, not Hispanic / Latino 0%
Unknown / not reported 21%

Enrollment Status

Full time 44%
Part time 56%

Demographics of All Graduate Students at the Institution

Sex

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Men 35%
Women 65%

Citizenship

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
US citizens or permanent residents 94%
Temporary visa holders 6%

Race / Ethnicity

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
(for US citizens / permanent residents)
African American 10%
Native American 0%
Asian 4%
White 42%
Hispanic 8%
Unknown 30%

Full-time Status

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Full-time 41%
Part-time 59%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Sociology degree recipients from Fordham University and may include graduates from more than one program.

The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
The National Postdoctoral Association and The Center for Science and the Media have served as the project's fiscal sponsors.