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Criminology at Pacific Lutheran University

Criminology at Pacific Lutheran 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 Pacific Lutheran University stacks up to those at other schools.

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,907.

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

PLU Criminology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

PLU Criminology Rankings

The criminology major at PLU 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.

Criminology Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU Criminology Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at PLU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in criminology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Criminology

The following criminology concentations are available at Pacific Lutheran University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Pacific Lutheran University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminology 2

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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Managers 11,280 $125,490
Sociologists 80 $74,130

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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