Criminology at Johnson C Smith 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 Johnson C Smith University stacks up to those at other schools.

JCSU is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and has a total student population of 1,306. Of the 227 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Johnson C Smith University in 2021, 20 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.

JCSU Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

JCSU Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at JCSU 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 JCSU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Criminology Schools	9
	26
	27
Best Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Best Value Criminology Schools	37
Best Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77
Best Criminology Schools	83
Most Popular Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103
Most Popular Criminology Schools	113

Earnings of JCSU Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at JCSU is $34,747. This is 4% higher than $33,551, which is the national average for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminology Student Demographics at JCSU

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

JCSU Criminology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminology from JCSU in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% 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 Johnson C Smith University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

JCSU 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 NC, the home state for Johnson C Smith University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Sociologists	70	$95,260

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 Boston Public Library under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.