Criminology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a criminology school? To help you decide if Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminology program.

IUP is located in Indiana, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 10,037. In 2021, 164 criminology majors received their bachelor's degree from IUP.

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

IUP Criminology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at IUP

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

IUP Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at IUP 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 IUP 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 Master’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Best Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in criminology from IUP. This makes it the #9 most popular school for criminology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminology, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Criminology Graduates from IUP Make?

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at IUP is $31,613. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $33,551 for all criminology students.

Criminology Student Demographics at IUP

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

IUP Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 164 criminology majors earned their bachelor's degree from IUP. Of these graduates, 39% were men and 61% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at IUP since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at IUP 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 University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	125
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

IUP Criminology Master’s Program

Of the 23 students who earned a master's degree in Criminology from IUP in 2020-2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in criminology each year. IUP does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a criminology master's degree from IUP, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

IUP also has a doctoral program available in criminology. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Other Social Sciences
• Archeology
• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography

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 PA, the home state for Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Sociologists	60	$121,470

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 Canadian2006 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.