Criminology at Florida Southern College

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

Florida Southern is located in Lakeland, Florida and approximately 3,413 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 14 criminology majors received their bachelor's degree from Florida Southern.

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

Florida Southern Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Florida Southern Criminology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminology major at Florida Southern 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
Best Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
Most Focused Criminology Schools	123

Earnings of Florida Southern Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Florida Southern is $40,324. This is 20% higher than $33,551, which is the national average for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminology Student Demographics at Florida Southern

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

Florida Southern Criminology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminology from Florida Southern in 2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Florida Southern 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 Florida Southern College with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Florida Southern 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
• 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 FL, the home state for Florida Southern College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Sociologists	50	$78,490

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.