Criminology at Wilkes University

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. In 2021, 13 criminology majors received their bachelor's degree from Wilkes.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the criminology progam at Wilkes compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Criminology Schools	93
Most Popular Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	123
Best Value Criminology Schools	128
Most Focused Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Most Focused Criminology Schools	150

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminology from Wilkes. About 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical criminology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Wilkes since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 69% 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	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wilkes 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
• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

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
• Image Credit: By Jrmski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.