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Criminology at Wright State University - Main Campus

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Criminology at Wright State University - Main Campus

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

Wright State University - Main Campus is located in Dayton, Ohio and approximately 10,936 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,000 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wright State University - Main Campus in 2021, 49 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.

Wright State University - Main Campus Criminology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology

Wright State University - Main Campus Criminology Rankings

The criminology major at Wright State University - Main Campus 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.

Earnings of Wright State University - Main Campus Criminology Graduates

The median salary of criminology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wright State University - Main Campus is $31,290. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $33,551 for all criminology students.

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Criminology Student Demographics at Wright State University - Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminology majors at Wright State University - Main Campus.

Wright State University - Main Campus Criminology Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 criminology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Wright State University - Main Campus. Of these graduates, 35% were men and 65% were women.

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About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminology at Wright State University - Main Campus 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 Wright State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in criminology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 34
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Wright State University - Main Campus also has a doctoral program available in criminology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 OH, the home state for Wright State University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
Managers 14,410 $107,320
Sociologists 90 $67,230

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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