If you are considering getting a master’s or doctoral degree in sociology, you are in luck. There are many universities that provide such programs, including some in this region. A few of these are listed and linked below for your convenience, but this selective list is far from exhaustive. If you are seriously thinking about graduate work, you would be spending a few dollars wisely by ordering the Guide to Graduate Schools from the American Sociological Association.
Illinois State University
http://www.soa.ilstu.edu/graduate/index.html
Northwestern University
http://www.sociology.northwestern.edu
Southern Illinois University
http://www.siu.edu/~socio
University of Chicago
http://sociology.uchicago.edu
Ball State University
http://www.bsu.edu/csh/sociology
Indiana State University
http://www.indstate.edu/socio
Purdue University
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/socanth
University of Notre Dame
http://sociology.nd.edu
Michigan State University
http://sociology.msu.edu
University of Michigan
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/soc
Wayne State University
http://www.clas.wayne.edu/Sociology
Western Michigan University
http://www.wmich.edu/sociology
Case Western
http://www.case.edu/artsci/soci/graduate.html
Cleveland State University
http://www.csuohio.edu/sociology
Ohio State University
http://www.sociology.ohio-state.edu
Ohio University
http://www.ohio.edu/graduate/deptfactsheets/sociology.cfm
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/soc
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Sociology