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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Bethel University

Every criminal justice and corrections 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 Bethel University stacks up to those at other schools.

Bethel is located in McKenzie, Tennessee and approximately 4,001 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 33 students received their associate's degree in criminal justice.

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

Bethel Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Bethel

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? Bethel offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree
  • Bachelor’s Degree

Bethel Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from Bethel Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bethel is $47,898. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 40% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Bethel

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

Bethel Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

42% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 58% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at Bethel are white. Around 73% 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 Bethel University with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 24
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Bethel Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

37% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Bethel 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 Bethel University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 33
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 71
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bethel University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

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 TN, the home state for Bethel University.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Accountants and Auditors 19,760 $69,690
Managers 14,480 $83,010
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 13,410 $44,600
Correctional Officers and Jailers 9,670 $35,470
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 5,590 $41,830

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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