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Criminology at Ohio State University - Main Campus

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Criminology at Ohio State University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a criminology school? To help you decide if Ohio State University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminology program.

Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and has a total student population of 61,369. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 147 students received a bachelor's degree in criminology from Ohio State.

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

Ohio State Criminology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Ohio State Criminology Rankings

The criminology major at Ohio 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.

Earnings of Ohio State Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ohio State is $33,830. This is 1% higher than $33,551, which is the national average for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminology Student Demographics at Ohio State

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

Ohio State Criminology Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
24% 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 Ohio State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Ohio 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 Ohio State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in criminology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 17
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 104
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

Ohio State 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 OH, the home state for Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
Managers 14,410 $107,320
Sociologists 90 $67,230

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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