Criminology at Wilkes University

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,781.

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

Wilkes Criminology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Wilkes Criminology Rankings

The criminology major at Wilkes 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 Wilkes

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

Wilkes Criminology Bachelor’s Program

36% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of criminology bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Wilkes since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Criminology

If you plan to be a criminology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wilkes University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminology	13

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 Wilkes 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
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