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Criminology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Criminology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received their master's degree in criminology.

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

SIUC Criminology Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminology
  • Doctorate Degree in Criminology

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

SIUC does offer online education options in criminology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC Criminology Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminology, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminology Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Criminology Master’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a master's degree in criminology from SIUC. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a master's in criminology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Sociologists 350 $86,280

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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