Criminology at Villanova University

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

Villanova is located in Villanova, Pennsylvania and approximately 11,032 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,251 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University in 2021, 16 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.

Villanova Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Villanova Criminology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminology major at Villanova 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	113

Criminology Student Demographics at Villanova

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

Villanova Criminology Bachelor’s Program

The criminology program at Villanova awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Villanova 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 Villanova University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Villanova 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
• Geography & Cartography
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 PA, the home state for Villanova University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Sociologists	60	$121,470

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 Alertjean under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.