Distance Education is a mode of providing education to those aspirants who have difficulties in attending regular classes but who wish to continue their studies. This provides an opportunity for education to those aspirants who have family problems or if they wish to do a job along with studies or if they have limited transportation facilities in their locality. They have a great scope as same as that of the aspirants who are undergoing continuous education.

List of colleges offering MA Sociology through Distance Education/Correspondence in south India

• Annamalai University of Distance Education, Tamil Nadu
• Bangalore University, Directorate of Correspondence Courses, Karnataka
• University of Calicut School of Distance Education, Calicut, Kerala
• University of Kerala Institute of Distance Education, Trivandrum, Kerala
• University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
• Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu
• Acharya Nagarjuna University Centre for Distance Education, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
• Andhra University School of Distance Education, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
• Bharathidasan University Centre for Distance Education, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
• Kakatiya University School of Distance Learning and Continuing Education, Warangal Andhra Pradesh
• Karnataka State Open University, Mysore, Karnataka
• Mahatma Gandhi University School of Distance Education, Kottayam, Kerala
• Osmania University PGRR Centre for Distance Education, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
• Pondicherry University Directorate of Distance Education, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
• Sri Krishnadevaraya University Centre for Distance Education, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
• Sri Venkateswara University Directorate of Distance Education, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

List of colleges offering MA Sociology through Distance Education/Correspondence in West India

• University of Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

List of colleges offering MA Sociology through Distance Education/Correspondence in Central India

• Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
• Barkatullah University Institute of Open and Distance Education, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
• Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

List of colleges offering MA Sociology through Distance Education/Correspondence in North India

• Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Uttar Pradesh
• Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, Delhi
• Punjab University Department of Correspondence Studies, Chandigarh, Punjab

List of colleges offering MA Sociology through Distance Education/Correspondence in East India

• Nalanda Open University, Patna, Bihar
• Utkal University Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

Top colleges offering MA Sociology through Distance Education/Correspondence in India

Out of the Universities listed above some of the top colleges offering MA Sociology through Distance Education/Correspondence include the following.

• Annamalai University of Distance Education, Tamil Nadu
• Osmania University PGRR Centre for Distance Education, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
• Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
• Utkal University Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

There are various other universities who are about to offer Distance Education courses. Some of the existing Universities which provide continuing education now are also planning to provide extra facilities for Distance Education in future which will be a great benefit for the aspirants who wish to study further but have difficulties in attending regular classes.