Criminology at Hastings College

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

Hastings is located in Hastings, Nebraska and has a total student population of 982. Of the 283 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hastings College in 2021, 7 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.

Hastings Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Hastings Criminology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminology major at Hastings 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 Focused Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
Most Focused Criminology Schools	84
Best Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
Best Criminology Schools	103
Best Value Criminology Schools	121
	129
Most Popular Criminology Schools	171

Criminology Student Demographics at Hastings

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

Hastings Criminology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 criminology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Hastings, about 71% were men and 29% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Hastings since its program graduates 35% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Political Science & Government
• 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 NE, the home state for Hastings College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Managers	1,700	$101,380

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.