Criminology at University of Lynchburg

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

Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 2,692. Of the 428 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Lynchburg in 2021, 34 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.

Lynchburg Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Lynchburg Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg 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	52
Best Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Best Criminology Schools	108
	115
Best Value Criminology Schools	123

Earnings of Lynchburg Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lynchburg is $26,676. This is less than $33,551, which is the national average of all criminology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminology Student Demographics at Lynchburg

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

Lynchburg Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 criminology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Lynchburg. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Lynchburg 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 University of Lynchburg with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 VA, the home state for University of Lynchburg.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500

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 Imaginegod614 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.