Criminology at Western Kentucky University

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study criminology, take a look at what Western Kentucky University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517.

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

WKU Criminology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

WKU Criminology Rankings

The criminology major at WKU 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.

Criminology Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU Criminology Bachelor’s Program

59% Women

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at WKU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at WKU 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 Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	58
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Criminology

Criminology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Kentucky University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminology	81

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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Managers	3,260	$92,630

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
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