Criminology at Mississippi State University

If you are interested in studying criminology, you may want to check out the program at Mississippi State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and approximately 22,986 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,575 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University in 2021, 70 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.

Mississippi State Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Mississippi State Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at Mississippi State 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 Mississippi 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
Most Popular Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Best Criminology Schools	128
	130

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in criminology from Mississippi State. This is the #55 most popular school for criminology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminology Graduates from Mississippi State Make?

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mississippi State is $25,300. 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 Mississippi State

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

Mississippi State Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminology from Mississippi State. About 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 Mississippi State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Mississippi 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 Mississippi State University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Mississippi 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
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• 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 MS, the home state for Mississippi State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Managers	1,230	$82,230

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.