Criminology at Upper Iowa University

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 Upper Iowa University stacks up to those at other schools.

UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and has a total student population of 3,610. Of the 1,084 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Upper Iowa University in 2021, 52 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.

UIU Criminology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Criminology
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Online Classes Are Available at UIU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UIU does offer online courses in criminology for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

UIU Criminology Rankings

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

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 UIU 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 Online Criminology Associate Degree Schools	3
Best Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Criminology Schools	46

Earnings of UIU Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIU is $38,511. This is 15% higher than $33,551, which is the national average for all criminology bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminology Student Demographics at UIU

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

UIU Criminology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of criminology associate's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminology only graduates about 37% men each year. The program at UIU may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 38% more women than average.

UIU does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminology graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Upper Iowa University with a associate's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIU Criminology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 criminology majors earned their bachelor's degree from UIU. Of these graduates, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at UIU since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at UIU 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 Upper Iowa University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	30
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• 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 IA, the home state for Upper Iowa University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360

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 SheilaJMiller under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.