Criminology at Northwest Missouri State University

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

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and has a total student population of 7,267. Of the 1,200 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwest Missouri State University in 2021, 12 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.

Northwest Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Online Classes Are Available at Northwest

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Northwest Criminology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminology programs across the country. The following shows how Northwest performed in these rankings.

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 Northwest 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 Schools	11
Best Criminology Schools	49
	83
Most Popular Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	130

Criminology Student Demographics at Northwest

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

Northwest Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminology from Northwest. About 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwest since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Northwest 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 Northwest Missouri State University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• Political Science & Government
• Geography & Cartography

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 MO, the home state for Northwest Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Managers	3,980	$97,820

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 poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.