Criminology at Virginia Union University

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

VUU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,516. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students received a bachelor's degree in criminology from VUU.

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

VUU Criminology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

VUU Criminology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at VUU 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 VUU 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 Focused Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Popular Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Most Popular Criminology Schools	85
	91
	97
Best Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132
Best Criminology Schools	148

Earnings of VUU Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at VUU is $29,216. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $33,551 for all criminology students.

Criminology Student Demographics at VUU

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

VUU Criminology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminology from VUU in 2021, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at VUU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Union University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500

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 Morgan Riley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.