Criminology at University of Southern Maine

Every criminology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminology program at University of Southern Maine stacks up to those at other schools.

University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and approximately 8,022 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,275 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern Maine in 2021, 33 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.

University of Southern Maine Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

University of Southern Maine Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at University of Southern Maine 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 University of Southern Maine 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	78
Most Popular Criminology Schools	88
Most Focused Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106

Earnings of University of Southern Maine Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at University of Southern Maine is $38,634. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $33,551 for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminology Student Demographics at University of Southern Maine

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

University of Southern Maine Criminology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminology from University of Southern Maine in 2020-2021, 39% were men and 61% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at University of Southern Maine since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at University of Southern Maine 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 Southern Maine with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

University of Southern Maine 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
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

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 ME, the home state for University of Southern Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Managers	1,380	$96,570

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.