Criminology at Mount St Mary’s 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 Mount St Mary's University stacks up to those at other schools.

The Mount is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland and approximately 2,560 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 26 criminology majors received their bachelor's degree from The Mount.

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

The Mount Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

The Mount Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at The Mount 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 The Mount 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	42
Best Value Criminology Schools	97

Earnings of The Mount Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at The Mount is $38,014. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $33,551 for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminology Student Demographics at The Mount

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminology majors at Mount St Mary’s University.

The Mount Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 criminology majors earned their bachelor's degree from The Mount. Of these graduates, 35% were men and 65% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at The Mount are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Mount St Mary's University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

The Mount 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
• Economics
• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

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 MD, the home state for Mount St Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Sociologists	60	$74,540

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.