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Criminology at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Criminology at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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

UNCW is located in Wilmington, North Carolina and has a total student population of 17,915.

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

UNCW Criminology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

UNCW Criminology Rankings

The criminology major at UNCW 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.

Criminology Student Demographics at UNCW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminology majors at University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

UNCW Criminology Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at UNCW are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a bachelor's in criminology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 90
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Concentrations Within Criminology

Criminology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminology 111

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Managers 11,990 $121,500
Sociologists 70 $95,260

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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