Criminology at Howard Payne University

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

Howard Payne is located in Brownwood, Texas and has a total student population of 1,060. In 2021, 16 criminology majors received their bachelor's degree from Howard Payne.

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

Howard Payne Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Howard Payne Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at Howard Payne 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 Howard Payne 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 Schools	12
	38
	40
Best Criminology Schools	59
Most Popular Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111
Most Popular Criminology Schools	122

How Much Do Criminology Graduates from Howard Payne Make?

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Howard Payne is $33,568. This is 0% higher than $33,551, which is the national average for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminology Student Demographics at Howard Payne

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

Howard Payne Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminology from Howard Payne. About 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Howard Payne since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Howard Payne University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 TX, the home state for Howard Payne University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.