Sociology education in the United States began to develop gradually at the end of 19. By the 1920s, most colleges and universities had offered sociology courses. Sociology has gradually become a part of public teaching in colleges and universities. By the 1960s, most colleges and universities had established sociology departments, and sociology education developed rapidly. 1970 In the United States, 892 universities have trained bachelor of sociology, 123 universities have awarded master of sociology, and 80 universities are eligible to award doctoral degrees. 1970 ~ 197 1 This year, universities across the United States awarded more than 30,000 bachelors, 0,800 masters and 500 doctors. To 1970, Master of Sociology in America 15000, Doctor of Sociology 5300. At that time, American sociologists accounted for half of the world sociologists. By 1985, the sociology departments of 205 universities in the United States have trained graduate students, with more than 2,000 sociology teachers and more than 500 sociology doctors, ranging from 1983 to 1984.

The American Social Society was founded in 1905, and its first president was Ward. In the future, the president of the society will serve for one year and be re-elected once a year. 1959, the society changed its name to American Sociological Association. The earliest American journal of sociology was the American Journal of Sociology founded by Small at 1895, which was once the journal of the American Social Society. By 1936, the American Social Society changed the American Sociological Review into a periodical. Later, many professional journals of sociology were published, the most famous of which was Social Forces.