Crminology
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Crminology degree recipients are Tampa, FL, Irvine, CA, and Fresno, CA. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Crminology degree recipients are Brownwood, TX, St. Vincent College, PA, and St. Augustine, FL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Crminology is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Crminology and the types of students that study this field. University of California-Irvine awards the most degrees in Crminology in the US, but Lasell University and Texas A&M University-San Antonio have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Crminology.
Tuition costs for Crminology majors are, on average, $7,997 for in-state public colleges, and $35,750 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Crminology programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (135 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (7,970 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Crminology, is Public, 4-year or above (7,970 completions in 2023).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Crminology programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of California-Irvine has the most Crminology degree recipients, with 522 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Crminology.
Out of all institutions that offer Crminology programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Lasell University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Crminology, with 17.4%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Crminology by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Social Sciences graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Social Sciences majors is $118,290 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other managers, and Postsecondary teachers.
The industry that employs the most Social Sciences majors is uninformed, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Metal ore mining.
The average salary for Social Sciences majors is $118,290 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other managers, and Postsecondary teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Social Sciences majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Social Sciences majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Social Sciences majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Social Sciences majors, by number of employees, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other managers, and Postsecondary teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Social Sciences majors working as Economists, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Judicial law clerks.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Social Sciences majors are Surgeons, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, and Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists.
The number of Social Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.67%, from 4.07M in 2022 to 4.18M in 2023.
The largest single share of Social Sciences graduates go on to work as Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (8.01%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Social Sciences by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Social Sciences majors, by number of employees, are uninformed, Elementary & secondary schools, and Legal services.
The highest paying industries of Social Sciences majors, by average wage, are Metal ore mining, Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, and Prefabricated wood buildings & mobile homes.
The number of Social Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.67%, from 4.07M in 2022 to 4.18M in 2023.
The industry which employs the most Social Sciences graduates by share is uninformed, followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Social Sciences.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Social Sciences majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Social Sciences majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Social Sciences in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Social Sciences is 43.3.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Social Sciences degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Social Sciences (5,581 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Social Sciences. The most common ages of employees with this major are 35 and 30 years old, which represent 2.89% and 2.83% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Crminology are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Social Sciences are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Crminology.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Crminology for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Crminology.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Denmark that hold Social Sciences degrees (4.24 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (51,585 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Crminology field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Crminology majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Crminology majors need more than the average amount of Science, Social Perceptiveness, and Service Orientation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Crminology majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
