Criminal Justice Studies at Ball State University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice studies, you may want to check out the program at Ball State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and has a total student population of 21,597. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 5 students received their associate's degree in criminal justice studies.

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

Ball State Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Ball State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Ball State Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Ball State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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 Studies Student Demographics at Ball State

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

Ball State Criminal Justice Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of criminal justice studies associate's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice studies only graduates about 43% men each year. The program at Ball State may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 17% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice studies at Ball State are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a associate's in criminal justice studies.

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

Ball State Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 123 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from Ball State in 2021, 38% were men and 62% were women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at Ball State 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 Ball State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	94
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,610	$73,640
Correctional Officer Supervisors	730	$47,240
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	280	$50,360

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 Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.