Criminology

9,737 students earn a criminology credential each year across 208 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $37,476
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $54,256

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 199 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin16$49,0041 year out—$27,000 2Assumption UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts18$48,6001 year out—$27,000 3University of Southern MainePortland, Maine14$47,7261 year out$63,574$23,565 4Saint Anselm CollegeManchester, New Hampshire49$46,8141 year out$75,372$27,000 5Lakeland UniversityPlymouth, Wisconsin8$45,2761 year out$51,709$26,053 6University of Wisconsin-River FallsRiver Falls, Wisconsin31$45,1131 year out—$24,750 7Barry UniversityMiami, Florida19$44,0151 year out$49,125$27,000 8University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa38$43,9141 year out$54,690$24,683 9University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland362$43,6981 year out$69,545$19,500 10Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania24$43,2831 year out$74,682$25,000 11Mount St. Mary's UniversityEmmitsburg, Maryland58$43,2301 year out$76,537$27,000 12Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa44$43,1701 year out$46,898$43,447 13University of Massachusetts GlobalAliso Viejo, California—$42,6981 year out$64,250$25,725 14University of Saint MaryLeavenworth, Kansas12$42,6331 year out—$25,474 15University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota67$42,5621 year out$64,784$23,887 16University at AlbanyAlbany, New York—$42,2571 year out$62,386$21,250 17University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota125$41,7801 year out$61,352$20,500 18University of St ThomasSaint Paul, Minnesota23$41,7801 year out$68,406$27,000 19Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, Illinois12$41,7241 year out——20William Peace UniversityRaleigh, North Carolina12$41,5091 year out—$26,000 21Framingham State UniversityFramingham, Massachusetts41$41,4311 year out$60,589$25,974 22Hamline UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota41$41,2041 year out—$26,500 23Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts55$40,9281 year out$63,767$25,000 24Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, South Carolina9$40,8341 year out—$25,000 25Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut142$40,7131 year out$59,375$23,995 26University of DenverDenver, Colorado48$40,6671 year out$40,863$22,000 27Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, Pennsylvania17$40,6461 year out$50,594$27,000 28The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas71$40,6031 year out$52,937$20,500 29Lasell UniversityNewton, Massachusetts24$40,5271 year out$62,717$27,000 30Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania27$40,2291 year out—$27,000 31Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington54$40,2281 year out$54,199$19,295 32University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, Wisconsin37$40,0601 year out$54,285$26,000 33University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire81$39,8141 year out$59,763$27,000 34University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada—$39,8041 year out$58,744$19,500 35Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana93$39,7691 year out$50,821$24,970 36Florida Southern CollegeLakeland, Florida19$39,7131 year out$51,091$26,000 37Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic, Connecticut56$39,7051 year out—$25,000 38Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio142$39,3961 year out$57,464$21,922 39Ohio State University-Mansfield CampusMansfield, Ohio3$39,3961 year out$57,464$21,922 40Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio—$39,3491 year out$48,392$21,669 41Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, Pennsylvania11$38,8281 year out$69,387—42SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York57$38,7641 year out$55,759$17,800 43University of IowaIowa City, Iowa88$38,5201 year out—$23,250 44University of Central ArkansasConway, Arkansas26$38,4531 year out—$20,078 45University of Missouri-St LouisSaint Louis, Missouri68$38,2071 year out$50,009$22,801 46University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio1$38,0871 year out$49,092$22,250 47Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina97$38,0571 year out—$22,375 48Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington39$38,0281 year out$64,680$20,994 49Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania117$37,9111 year out$54,507$27,000 50Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois61$37,6451 year out$55,612$24,000 51Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusMadison, New Jersey33$37,6191 year out$59,175$25,000 52Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, New Jersey2$37,6191 year out$59,175$25,000 53Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, Pennsylvania21$37,5631 year out$53,538$27,000 54University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts64$37,5351 year out$65,646$27,000 55Wright State University-Main CampusDayton, Ohio26$37,4761 year out$47,650$27,250 56Wright State University-Lake CampusCelina, Ohio4$37,4761 year out$47,650$27,250 57Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia192$37,2551 year out$51,760$25,000 58Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona253$37,2141 year out$53,788$20,000 59University of South FloridaTampa, Florida387$37,1081 year out$51,831$20,302 60Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan71$36,8911 year out$55,482$29,000 61Emmanuel CollegeBoston, Massachusetts17$36,8241 year out—$26,348 62Niagara UniversityNiagara University, New York45$36,7811 year out—$27,000 63Arkansas State UniversityJonesboro, Arkansas61$36,7321 year out$40,796$27,875 64Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania55$36,2761 year out$46,885$25,990 65Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri113$36,1851 year out$48,173$24,187 66University of DelawareNewark, Delaware149$35,9681 year out$64,949$23,685 67University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, Texas40$35,6731 year out$54,539$16,149 68Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin73$35,6501 year out$58,887$25,000 69Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, Georgia155$35,5881 year out—$26,000 70Loyola University New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana50$35,5781 year out$52,213$27,000 71Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York44$35,2491 year out$66,633$25,000 72University of FloridaGainesville, Florida209$35,0961 year out$61,030$19,500 73University of Florida-OnlineGainesville, Florida47$35,0961 year out$61,030$19,500 74North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina67$35,0761 year out$64,069$21,875 75Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, Pennsylvania—$34,8761 year out——76State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York49$34,7681 year out$62,640$21,500 77California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California234$34,6941 year out$54,589$14,810 78Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey162$34,5961 year out$56,335$23,406 79University of California-IrvineIrvine, California465$34,5221 year out$59,960$15,865 80University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina122$34,4431 year out$48,855$22,915 81University of La VerneLa Verne, California35$34,2921 year out$61,109$26,000 82The University of TampaTampa, Florida136$34,1371 year out$50,753$25,000 83St. Mary's UniversitySan Antonio, Texas12$33,9781 year out$43,974$25,125 84University of West GeorgiaCarrollton, Georgia99$33,8391 year out$48,072$28,500 85Arcadia UniversityGlenside, Pennsylvania14$33,8231 year out$51,702$26,000 86CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York204$33,7981 year out$56,457$11,000 87St. John Fisher UniversityRochester, New York18$33,6231 year out$67,894$24,750 88Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi47$33,1911 year out$45,871$23,356 89Capital UniversityColumbus, Ohio25$32,9841 year out$59,750$27,000 90Johnson C Smith UniversityCharlotte, North Carolina17$32,7511 year out$45,538$32,047 91Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio69$32,3931 year out$52,416$25,000 92Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky80$32,3701 year out—$26,000 93California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks, California52$31,9631 year out—$17,250 94Saint Edward's UniversityAustin, Texas1$31,8391 year out—$25,500 95Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Illinois20$31,7581 year out$51,128$27,000 96University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island104$31,7291 year out—$19,600 97California State University-FresnoFresno, California352$31,2241 year out$42,026$10,773 98Delaware State UniversityDover, Delaware42$30,7101 year out$54,256$26,750 99Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, Indiana16$30,6531 year out$61,772$27,000 100Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas29$30,4901 year out$45,723$25,750

Associate programs — 10 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana40$36,7661 year out—$22,744 2Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico65$28,9871 year out$49,689—3Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah40—1 year out——4Paris Junior CollegeParis, Texas30—1 year out$51,424—5Wharton County Junior CollegeWharton, Texas11—1 year out——6Central Maine Community CollegeAuburn, Maine6—1 year out——7Missouri State University-West PlainsWest Plains, Missouri4—1 year out——8Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——9Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa1—1 year out——10LeTourneau UniversityLongview, Texas1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 4 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin208—1 year out——2University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah55—1 year out——3Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri7—1 year out——4Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, Illinois2—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).