Criminology at Eastern Washington University

46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study criminology, take a look at what Eastern Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year.

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

EWU Criminology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

EWU Criminology Rankings

The criminology major at EWU 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.

Criminology Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Criminology Bachelor’s Program

63% Women

46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at EWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Criminology

Criminology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminology	72

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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Sociologists	80	$74,130

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
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