Criminology at Indiana State University

If you plan to study criminology, take a look at what Indiana State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Indiana State is located in Terre Haute, Indiana and has a total student population of 10,829. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 128 students received a bachelor's degree in criminology from Indiana State.

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

Indiana State Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology
• Master’s Degree in Criminology

Online Classes Are Available at Indiana State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Indiana State offers distance education options for criminology at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Indiana State Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at Indiana State 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 Indiana State 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	35

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in criminology from Indiana State. This makes it the #31 most popular school for criminology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Indiana State Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Indiana State is $33,773. This is 1% higher than $33,551, which is the national average for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminology Student Demographics at Indiana State

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

Indiana State Criminology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 128 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminology from Indiana State in 2020-2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Indiana State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Indiana State 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 Indiana State University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	78
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Indiana State Criminology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of criminology master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

In the criminology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Indiana State University with a master's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Geography & Cartography
• 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 IN, the home state for Indiana State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Managers	7,290	$71,560

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 Tcampbell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.