Criminology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

If you plan to study criminology, take a look at what Southern Illinois University Carbondale has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students received a bachelor's degree in criminology from SIUC.

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

SIUC Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology
• Master’s Degree in Criminology
• Doctorate Degree in Criminology

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SIUC does offer online courses in criminology for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at SIUC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminology major at SIUC 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Criminology Schools	38
Most Popular Criminology Master’s Degree Schools	45
Most Focused Criminology Schools	69

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in criminology from SIUC. This makes it the #46 most popular school for criminology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminology, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Criminology Graduates from SIUC Make?

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $31,490. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $33,551 for all criminology students.

Criminology Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminology majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 criminology majors earned their bachelor's degree from SIUC. Of these graduates, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	59
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SIUC Criminology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a master's degree in criminology from SIUC. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a master's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC also has a doctoral program available in criminology. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.