在贝勒大学的社会学系中，教师和博士候选人之间的开放和大学氛围增强了环境，因为竞争让位给协作，匿名给家庭和压力给生产力带来了压力。结果不仅是博士生能够发展的令人印象深刻的出版物，也不是课程，指导或教学经验。相反，我们的博士生会为在该领域或作为学术界的成功事业做好充分准备，无论您选择哪种途径都可以做出重大贡献。<br>社会学系提供哲学博士学位下的三个方向：<br >社区分析<br>健康与社会<br>宗教社会学<br>学生被直接录取为博士学位。并在完成课程的过程中获得硕士学位。我们不接受正在攻读硕士学位的学生。
The Ph.D. program in sociology at Baylor University is collegial, rigorous, and supportive. A defining feature of the program is mentorship. Faculty and students work closely together in research and teaching. We offer special concentrations in community analytics, sociology of health, and the sociology of religion (see below), but students are free to pursue their own research interests. The first three years of the program concentrate on coursework. By the end of the second year, students will complete research resulting in a journal article or its equivalent, culminating in a master's thesis. Upon completing comprehensive exams after the third year of the program, students are admitted to Ph.D. candidacy and spend their fourth and fifth year writing their dissertation.