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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students received a bachelor's degree in criminology from UT Dallas.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Criminology

UT Dallas Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at UT Dallas 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Criminology Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Value Criminology Master’s Degree Schools	30
Most Popular Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in criminology from UT Dallas. This makes it the #24 most popular school for criminology master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of UT Dallas Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Dallas is $32,119. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $33,551 for all criminology 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, 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 UT Dallas since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	22
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UT Dallas Criminology Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a master’s in criminology from UT Dallas in 2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Of the students who received a criminology master's degree from UT Dallas, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Dallas also has a doctoral program available in criminology. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Geography & Cartography
• 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 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.