Bachelor's degree · Social sciences · CIP 45.04
Criminology: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 214 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Criminology, together awarding 9,003 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $42,225 one year after finishing and $60,190 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $23,869 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Criminology programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 88 of 207; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Criminology
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 451 | $38,377 | $63,295 | $12,019 |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 409 | $39,397 | $58,513 | $18,000 |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno · Public | CA | 353 | $39,467 | $52,694 | $14,500 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 314 | $45,287 | $72,857 | $16,125 |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa · Public | AL | 301 | $40,079 | n/a | $24,125 |
| California State University-San Marcos San Marcos · Public | CA | 188 | $38,371 | $62,279 | $11,750 |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff · Public | AZ | 185 | $42,451 | $59,171 | $17,875 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 180 | $40,210 | $68,414 | $13,672 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 175 | $44,457 | $62,181 | $19,500 |
| Old Dominion University Norfolk · Public | VA | 174 | $42,618 | $58,979 | $23,250 |
| CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York · Public | NY | 167 | $42,613 | $61,199 | $9,624 |
| Washington State University Pullman · Public | WA | 165 | $46,942 | n/a | $19,715 |
| East Carolina University Greenville · Public | NC | 156 | n/a | n/a | $25,500 |
| Georgia Southern University Statesboro · Public | GA | 150 | $41,628 | n/a | $22,250 |
| West Virginia University Morgantown · Public | WV | 147 | $42,296 | n/a | $22,757 |
| The University of Tampa Tampa · Private nonprofit | FL | 132 | $41,607 | $65,374 | $21,500 |
| Western Kentucky University Bowling Green · Public | KY | 118 | $37,516 | $43,744 | $21,500 |
| Texas A&M University-San Antonio San Antonio · Public | TX | 114 | n/a | n/a | $21,250 |
| University of West Georgia Carrollton · Public | GA | 111 | $38,645 | $53,745 | $25,000 |
| Clemson University Clemson · Public | SC | 106 | $45,226 | n/a | $20,500 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 105 | $39,292 | n/a | $15,000 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 105 | $45,280 | $66,127 | $19,728 |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana · Public | PA | 100 | $39,629 | $57,921 | $26,000 |
| Indiana State University Terre Haute · Public | IN | 97 | $44,705 | $51,470 | $25,000 |
| University of Rhode Island Kingston · Public | RI | 97 | $41,840 | n/a | $19,500 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 97 | $42,252 | n/a | $13,381 |
| Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield · Public | MO | 96 | $42,545 | $51,140 | $23,574 |
| University of Delaware Newark · Public | DE | 96 | $42,802 | $69,942 | $25,000 |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington · Public | NC | 96 | $38,128 | $52,924 | $20,344 |
| Pennsylvania Western University California · Public | PA | 89 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 86 | $43,429 | $61,681 | $16,750 |
| Central Connecticut State University New Britain · Public | CT | 84 | $44,361 | $64,302 | $23,786 |
| University of Iowa Iowa City · Public | IA | 81 | $43,676 | $57,285 | $23,100 |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 75 | $41,461 | n/a | $18,750 |
| University of Idaho Moscow · Public | ID | 72 | $44,157 | n/a | $17,906 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson · Public | TX | 68 | $47,007 | $59,277 | $18,250 |
| Cleveland State University Cleveland · Public | OH | 65 | $41,099 | $58,102 | $25,334 |
| Marquette University Milwaukee · Private nonprofit | WI | 65 | $44,221 | $61,156 | $19,500 |
| Eastern Washington University Cheney · Public | WA | 64 | $42,175 | $57,126 | $16,198 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale · Public | IL | 61 | $40,774 | $60,473 | $25,000 |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham · Public | NH | 61 | $42,698 | $72,388 | $27,000 |
| University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis · Public | MO | 59 | $42,011 | $53,069 | $21,250 |
| DePaul University Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 58 | $43,072 | n/a | $26,000 |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth · Public | MN | 57 | $45,207 | $62,499 | $19,500 |
| Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti · Public | MI | 56 | $42,114 | $61,012 | $27,500 |
| SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury · Public | NY | 54 | $42,140 | $61,345 | $18,433 |
| Stonehill College Easton · Private nonprofit | MA | 53 | $47,102 | $76,770 | $25,000 |
| University of La Verne La Verne · Private nonprofit | CA | 53 | $43,506 | $59,529 | $18,687 |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth · Public | MA | 52 | $44,305 | $61,092 | $27,000 |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn · Public | MI | 51 | n/a | n/a | $22,099 |
Quick facts: Criminology
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Criminology?
- The College Scorecard lists 214 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Criminology.
- How much do Criminology graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $42,225 one year after graduation (114 institutions reporting) and $60,190 five years after graduation (98 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Criminology graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Saint Anselm College ($76,944), Stonehill College ($76,770), Assumption University ($74,001), University of Maryland-College Park ($72,857), and University of New Hampshire-Main Campus ($72,388).
- How much student debt do Criminology graduates have?
- The median institution's Criminology graduates leave with $23,869 in federal student loans (131 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Criminology degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of California-Irvine (451), University of South Florida (409), California State University-Fresno (353), University of Maryland-College Park (314), and The University of Alabama (301).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Criminology (CIP code 45.04), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.