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Criminology at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

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Criminology at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

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

UMass Dartmouth is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 7,869. Of the 1,327 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth in 2021, 80 of them were criminology majors.

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

UMass Dartmouth Criminology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

UMass Dartmouth Criminology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminology major at UMass Dartmouth 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools 35

Earnings of UMass Dartmouth Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMass Dartmouth is $36,031. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $33,551 for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminology Student Demographics at UMass Dartmouth

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminology majors at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth.

UMass Dartmouth Criminology Bachelor’s Program

68% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Massachusetts - Dartmouth with a bachelor's in criminology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 40
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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

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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Managers 8,660 $131,450
Sociologists 120 $111,020

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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