The Department of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen was ranked 7th, out of 91 universities offering the subject, in The Guardian's 2020 subject league tables.
The Department of Sociology is only one out of two departments in the United Kingdom which has achieved a ranking of 10/10 in the 'employability after 6 months' category. Also, the Department of Sociology has a very high satisfaction rate scoring 88.4% in the 'course satisfaction' category.