Criminology at Georgia Southern University

If you are interested in studying criminology, you may want to check out the program at Georgia Southern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and approximately 26,949 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,395 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University in 2021, 156 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.

GaSou Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology
• Master’s Degree in Criminology

GaSou Criminology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminology programs across the country. The following shows how GaSou 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 GaSou 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 Master’s Degree Schools	20
Best Value Criminology Master’s Degree Schools	45
Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools	45
	47
	146

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in criminology from GaSou. This makes it the #20 most popular school for criminology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Criminology Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou Criminology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at GaSou since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at GaSou are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	85
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

GaSou Criminology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students graduated with a master's degree in criminology from GaSou. About 36% were men and 64% were women.

Of the students who received a criminology master's degree from GaSou, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the criminology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Managers	14,480	$118,060

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.