Criminology at Central Connecticut State University

Every criminology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminology program at Central Connecticut State University stacks up to those at other schools.

CCSU is located in New Britain, Connecticut and has a total student population of 10,652. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 119 students received a bachelor's degree in criminology from CCSU.

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

CCSU Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

CCSU Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at CCSU 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 CCSU 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	23
Best Criminology Schools	89

Earnings of CCSU Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CCSU is $37,810. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $33,551 for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminology Student Demographics at CCSU

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

CCSU Criminology Bachelor’s Program

The criminology program at CCSU awarded 119 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 45% of these degrees went to men with the other 55% going to women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at CCSU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	57
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography
• Political Science & Government
• Economics
• Sociology

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 CT, the home state for Central Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730

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 Sage Ross under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.