Criminology at University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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

UMES is located in Princess Anne, Maryland and approximately 2,646 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.

UMES Criminology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminology

UMES Criminology Rankings

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Criminology Student Demographics at UMES

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminology majors at University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

UMES Criminology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 criminology majors earned their master's degree from UMES. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in criminology each year. UMES does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the criminology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 89% of degree recipients. That is 45% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Sociology

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Sociologists	60	$74,540

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.