Criminology at Gonzaga University

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

Gonzaga is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 7,295. In 2021, 28 criminology majors received their bachelor's degree from Gonzaga.

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

Gonzaga Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Gonzaga Criminology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminology major at Gonzaga 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 Criminology Schools	28
Best Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
	59
Best Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98
Most Focused Criminology Schools	130

How Much Do Criminology Graduates from Gonzaga Make?

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Gonzaga is $34,393. This is 3% higher than $33,551, which is the national average for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminology Student Demographics at Gonzaga

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

Gonzaga Criminology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminology from Gonzaga in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Gonzaga 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 Gonzaga University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Sociology
• 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 WA, the home state for Gonzaga 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
• Image Credit: By Gregg M. Erickson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.