Criminology at University of Rhode Island

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 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.

URI Criminology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

URI Criminology Rankings

The criminology major at URI 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 URI

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

URI Criminology Bachelor’s Program

65% Women

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	75
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Criminology

If you plan to be a criminology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Rhode Island. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminology	115

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Managers	830	$114,660

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
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