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Criminology at National Louis University

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Criminology at National Louis University

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

NLU is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,402. Of the 764 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from National Louis University in 2021, 57 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.

NLU Criminology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Online Classes Are Available at NLU

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.

NLU does offer online education options in criminology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

NLU Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at NLU 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 NLU 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
Best Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 5
Most Popular Online Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 8
44
Most Popular Criminology Schools 55

How Much Do Criminology Graduates from NLU Make?

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at NLU is $33,099. This is less than $33,551, which is the national average of all criminology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminology Student Demographics at NLU

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

NLU Criminology Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
89% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at NLU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% 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 National Louis University with a bachelor's in criminology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 45
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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

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 IL, the home state for National Louis University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Sociologists 350 $86,280

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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