Criminology at Humboldt State 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 Humboldt State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Humboldt State University is located in Arcata, California and has a total student population of 6,612. Of the 1,747 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Humboldt State University in 2021, 49 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.

Humboldt State University Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Humboldt State University Criminology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminology major at Humboldt State University 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 Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
Most Popular Criminology Schools	69
Most Focused Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
	97
Best Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119

How Much Do Criminology Graduates from Humboldt State University Make?

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Humboldt State University is $30,569. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $33,551 for all criminology students.

Criminology Student Demographics at Humboldt State University

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

Humboldt State University Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminology from Humboldt State University. About 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Humboldt State University since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Humboldt State University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Economics
• Geography & Cartography
• 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 CA, the home state for Humboldt State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Sociologists	1,070	$98,560

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 Adbar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.