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Criminal Justice at Averett University

Every criminal justice school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at Averett University stacks up to those at other schools.

AU is located in Danville, Virginia and approximately 887 students attend the school each year.

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

AU Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at AU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? AU offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

AU Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at AU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at AU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Averett University.

AU Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at AU awarded 23 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 57% of these degrees went to men with the other 43% going to women.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at AU 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 Averett University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

AU also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Criminal Justice Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Averett University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Managers 17,280 $134,500
Police and Detective Supervisors 3,000 $94,120

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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