"What Can I Do with a BA in Sociology?"
Sociology provides several answers to this important question:
The undergraduate degree provides a strong college foundation for entry-level positions throughout the human services, government, and business sectors.
Employers look for people with the skills that an undergraduate education in sociology provides, especially knowledge of social groups, norms and culture, organizations, and analytical and statistical skills.
Many students choose sociology because they see it as a strong base for professions such as law, education, medicine, social work, counseling, and social services administration. Sociology provides a rich fund of knowledge that directly concerns each of these fields.
A BA in sociology is excellent preparation for future graduate work in sociology in order to become a program planner, evaluation researcher, professor, applied sociologist, human services administrator, sociomedical researcher, or policy analyst.


"What Can I Do with an MA or PhD degree in Sociology?
With advanced degrees, the more likely it is that a job will have the title sociologist, but the diversity of sociological careers ranges much further than what you might find under 'S' in the Sunday newspaper employment ads.
People with advanced sociology degrees (such as Hunter's M.S. in Social Research) enter the business, not-for-profit, and government worlds as directors of research, policy analysts, consultants, human resource managers, and program managers.
Practicing sociologists with advanced degrees may be called research analysts, survey researchers, gerontologists, statisticians, urban planners, community developers, criminologists, or demographers
Some MA and PhD sociologists obtain specialized training to become counselors, therapists, or program directors in social service agencies.
Sociologists also become professors, teaching in colleges and universities, advising students, conducting research, and publishing their work.