Criminology at The University of Texas at Dallas

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

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and approximately 28,669 students attend the school each year.

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

UT Dallas Criminology Degrees Available

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

UT Dallas Criminology Rankings

The criminology major at UT Dallas 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminology, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminology Student Demographics at UT Dallas

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminology majors at The University of Texas at Dallas.

UT Dallas Criminology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 The University of Texas at Dallas with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Dallas Criminology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of criminology master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the criminology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas with a master's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Criminology

If you plan to be a criminology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at Dallas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminology	74

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Dallas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.