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.

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

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.

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, 35% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at GaSou since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 52% 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 4% 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	1
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	80
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

GaSou Criminology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of criminology master's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in criminology each year. GaSou does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

In the criminology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 18% 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	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Criminology

The following criminology concentations are available at Georgia Southern University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgia Southern University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminology	167

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

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