Criminology at University of Utah

What traits are you looking for in a criminology school? To help you decide if University of Utah is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminology program.

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 33,081 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 81 criminology majors received their bachelor's degree from U of U.

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

U of U Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

U of U Criminology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminology programs across the country. The following shows how U of U performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminology major at U of U 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
Best Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72
	83

Criminology Student Demographics at U of U

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

U of U Criminology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 81 criminology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from U of U, about 32% were men and 68% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at U of U 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 Utah with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	49
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Urban Studies
• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography
• General Social Sciences

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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Managers	3,310	$102,290
Sociologists	60	$72,570

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.