Criminology at Framingham State University

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

Framingham State is located in Framingham, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 4,876. Of the 835 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Framingham State University in 2021, 52 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.

Framingham State Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Framingham State Criminology Rankings

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

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 Framingham State 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
	25
Most Focused Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Best Criminology Schools	107

How Much Do Criminology Graduates from Framingham State Make?

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Framingham State is $36,904. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $33,551 for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminology Student Demographics at Framingham State

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

Framingham State Criminology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 52 criminology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Framingham State, about 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Framingham State since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Framingham State are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• 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 MA, the home state for Framingham State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Sociologists	120	$111,020

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.