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Criminology at Hofstra University

Criminology at Hofstra University

Every criminology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminology program at Hofstra University stacks up to those at other schools.

Hofstra is located in Hempstead, New York and approximately 10,444 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.

Hofstra Criminology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Hofstra Criminology Rankings

The criminology major at Hofstra 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 Hofstra

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

Hofstra Criminology Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Hofstra 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 Hofstra University with a bachelor's in criminology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 28
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NY, the home state for Hofstra University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Sociologists 190 $75,800

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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