<p>The academic job market is changing rapidly due to financial and political strains. This is particularly true for sociology. Yet, we do not know much about sociology graduate students’ preferences for and expectations about their future career paths. Using survey data from a representative sample of graduate students in the U.S., we assess sociology students’ career preferences and expectations and how they compare to graduate students in other disciplines. We find that sociology graduate students have particularly high preferences for and expectations of a tenure-track career that likely do not align with the job market. We offer recommendations for ways that sociology graduate programs can better prepare students both psychologically and materially for a wider range of career paths.</p>