Criminology at Benedictine College

If you are interested in studying criminology, you may want to check out the program at Benedictine College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Benedictine College is located in Atchison, Kansas and approximately 2,217 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in criminology from Benedictine College.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminology section at the bottom of this page.

Benedictine College Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Benedictine College Criminology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminology programs across the country. The following shows how Benedictine College performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminology major at Benedictine College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Most Focused Criminology Schools	122
Most Popular Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
Most Popular Criminology Schools	164

Criminology Student Demographics at Benedictine College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminology majors at Benedictine College.

Benedictine College Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminology from Benedictine College. About 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Benedictine College since its program graduates 38% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Benedictine College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Benedictine College with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Benedictine College also has a doctoral program available in criminology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Criminology Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KS, the home state for Benedictine College.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Managers	2,420	$102,560

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bcprva under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.