Criminology at University of Houston - Clear Lake

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

UH Clear Lake is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 9,053. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in criminology from UH Clear Lake.

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

UH Clear Lake Criminology Degrees Available

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

UH Clear Lake Criminology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminology programs across the country. The following shows how UH Clear Lake performed in these rankings.

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 UH Clear Lake 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
Best Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
	41
Most Popular Criminology Schools	75
Most Focused Criminology Schools	104

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in criminology from UH Clear Lake. This makes it the #20 most popular school for criminology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UH Clear Lake Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Clear Lake is $33,207. This is less than $33,551, which is the national average of all criminology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminology Student Demographics at UH Clear Lake

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminology majors at University of Houston - Clear Lake.

UH Clear Lake Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 criminology majors earned their bachelor's degree from UH Clear Lake. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were 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 University of Houston - Clear Lake with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UH Clear Lake Criminology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 criminology majors earned their master's degree from UH Clear Lake. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women.

In the criminology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 73% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston - Clear Lake with a master's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UH Clear Lake also has a doctoral program available in criminology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• Sociology
• Anthropology

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 University of Houston - Clear Lake.

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 WhisperToMe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.