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 graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of California-IrvineIrvine, California465$34,5221 year out$59,960$15,865 2University of South FloridaTampa, Florida387$37,1081 year out$51,831$20,302 3University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland362$43,6981 year out$69,545$19,500 4California State University-FresnoFresno, California352$31,2241 year out$42,026$10,773 5The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama253—1 year out——6Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona253$37,2141 year out$53,788$20,000 7California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California234$34,6941 year out$54,589$14,810 8University of FloridaGainesville, Florida209$35,0961 year out$61,030$19,500 9CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York204$33,7981 year out$56,457$11,000 10Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia192$37,2551 year out$51,760$25,000 11Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington177—1 year out——12Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey162$34,5961 year out$56,335$23,406 13Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, Georgia155$35,5881 year out—$26,000 14University of DelawareNewark, Delaware149$35,9681 year out$64,949$23,685 15West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia146—1 year out$55,034—16Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut142$40,7131 year out$59,375$23,995 17Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio142$39,3961 year out$57,464$21,922 18The University of TampaTampa, Florida136$34,1371 year out$50,753$25,000 19Texas A&M University-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas129—1 year out——20University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota125$41,7801 year out$61,352$20,500 21University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina122$34,4431 year out$48,855$22,915 22Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania117$37,9111 year out$54,507$27,000 23University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah114—1 year out——24Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri113$36,1851 year out$48,173$24,187 25University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island104$31,7291 year out—$19,600 26University of West GeorgiaCarrollton, Georgia99$33,8391 year out$48,072$28,500 27Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina97$38,0571 year out—$22,375 28Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana93$39,7691 year out$50,821$24,970 29California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California92—1 year out——30University of IowaIowa City, Iowa88$38,5201 year out—$23,250 31University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire81$39,8141 year out$59,763$27,000 32Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky80$32,3701 year out—$26,000 33Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin73$35,6501 year out$58,887$25,000 34Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan71$36,8911 year out$55,482$29,000 35The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas71$40,6031 year out$52,937$20,500 36Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio69$32,3931 year out$52,416$25,000 37University of Missouri-St LouisSaint Louis, Missouri68$38,2071 year out$50,009$22,801 38National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois67$30,1701 year out—$23,437 39University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota67$42,5621 year out$64,784$23,887 40North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina67$35,0761 year out$64,069$21,875 41University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts64$37,5351 year out$65,646$27,000 42Arkansas State UniversityJonesboro, Arkansas61$36,7321 year out$40,796$27,875 43Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois61$37,6451 year out$55,612$24,000 44Mount St. Mary's UniversityEmmitsburg, Maryland58$43,2301 year out$76,537$27,000 45University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York58—1 year out——46University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho57—1 year out——47SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York57$38,7641 year out$55,759$17,800 48Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic, Connecticut56$39,7051 year out—$25,000 49Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts55$40,9281 year out$63,767$25,000 50Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania55$36,2761 year out$46,885$25,990 51Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington54$40,2281 year out$54,199$19,295 52California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks, California52$31,9631 year out—$17,250 53Loyola University New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana50$35,5781 year out$52,213$27,000 54Saint Anselm CollegeManchester, New Hampshire49$46,8141 year out$75,372$27,000 55State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York49$34,7681 year out$62,640$21,500 56University of DenverDenver, Colorado48$40,6671 year out$40,863$22,000 57Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi47$33,1911 year out$45,871$23,356 58University of Florida-OnlineGainesville, Florida47$35,0961 year out$61,030$19,500 59DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois45—1 year out——60Niagara UniversityNiagara University, New York45$36,7811 year out—$27,000 61Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa44$43,1701 year out$46,898$43,447 62University of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri44—1 year out——63Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York44$35,2491 year out$66,633$25,000 64Delaware State UniversityDover, Delaware42$30,7101 year out$54,256$26,750 65University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida41$29,6701 year out$67,998$16,500 66Framingham State UniversityFramingham, Massachusetts41$41,4311 year out$60,589$25,974 67Hamline UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota41$41,2041 year out—$26,500 68University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan40—1 year out——69University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, Texas40$35,6731 year out$54,539$16,149 70University of LynchburgLynchburg, Virginia39—1 year out$53,678—71Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington39$38,0281 year out$64,680$20,994 72University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa38$43,9141 year out$54,690$24,683 73Flagler CollegeSaint Augustine, Florida37$29,2401 year out$38,054$25,625 74University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, Wisconsin37$40,0601 year out$54,285$26,000 75Fresno Pacific UniversityFresno, California35—1 year out——76University of La VerneLa Verne, California35$34,2921 year out$61,109$26,000 77Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusMadison, New Jersey33$37,6191 year out$59,175$25,000 78Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-PoncePonce, Puerto Rico32$16,1991 year out$23,614$12,250 79University of Wisconsin-River FallsRiver Falls, Wisconsin31$45,1131 year out—$24,750 80Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas29$30,4901 year out$45,723$25,750 81Lander UniversityGreenwood, South Carolina28—1 year out——82Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania27$40,2291 year out—$27,000 83Mary Baldwin UniversityStaunton, Virginia27—1 year out——84University of Central ArkansasConway, Arkansas26$38,4531 year out—$20,078 85California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtArcata, California26$29,1231 year out$48,299$16,849 86Heidelberg UniversityTiffin, Ohio26—1 year out—$27,000 87Wright State University-Main CampusDayton, Ohio26$37,4761 year out$47,650$27,250 88Capital UniversityColumbus, Ohio25$32,9841 year out$59,750$27,000 89Colorado State University PuebloPueblo, Colorado24—1 year out——90University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut24—1 year out——91Lasell UniversityNewton, Massachusetts24$40,5271 year out$62,717$27,000 92Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania24$43,2831 year out$74,682$25,000 93University of St ThomasSaint Paul, Minnesota23$41,7801 year out$68,406$27,000 94Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, Pennsylvania21$37,5631 year out$53,538$27,000 95Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Illinois20$31,7581 year out$51,128$27,000 96Barry UniversityMiami, Florida19$44,0151 year out$49,125$27,000 97Florida Southern CollegeLakeland, Florida19$39,7131 year out$51,091$26,000 98Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana19—1 year out$44,373—99William Penn UniversityOskaloosa, Iowa19—1 year out——100Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania19—1 year out$74,408—

Associate programs — 10 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico65$28,9871 year out$49,689—2Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah40—1 year out——3Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana40$36,7661 year out—$22,744 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 (—).