Ms. Rivera, who has a sociology degree from Brooklyn College, had been hired just six months earlier.

He graduated from San Jose State with a sociology degree in 1999.

I wanted to work for the public sector as it seemed less corrupted than the private sector (that's what a sociology degree does to you).

Mom thinks I'm dissatisfied because I only earned a sociology degree.

He had served as a volunteer assistant coach while finishing his sociology degree during the 2004-2005 school year.

"I'll get a sociology degree," he said, "so I have something to fall back on if I don't pass the bar exam."

Bishop graduated with a sociology degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001.

What about the streetwise rapper who turns out to be a college kid with a sociology degree?

He had to earn 21 credits last summer to receive his sociology degree from Utah.

Although his class graduated last year, Coleman said he was 12 credits short of a sociology degree.