Criminology at Butler University

What traits are you looking for in a criminology school? To help you decide if Butler University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminology program.

Butler is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and has a total student population of 5,544. Of the 1,107 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Butler University in 2021, 12 of them were criminology majors.

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

Butler Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Butler Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at Butler compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminology major at Butler 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 Popular Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	130
Most Popular Criminology Schools	139
Most Focused Criminology Schools	165

Criminology Student Demographics at Butler

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

Butler Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminology from Butler. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Butler 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 Butler University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Other Social Sciences
• Anthropology
• International Relations & National Security
• Sociology
• Economics

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 IN, the home state for Butler University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Managers	7,290	$71,560

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 Peetlesnumber1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.