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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Bowie State University

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

Bowie State University is located in Bowie, Maryland and has a total student population of 6,250.

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.

Bowie State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Bowie State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Bowie State University 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.

Earnings of Bowie State University Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bowie State University is $35,964. This is 5% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Bowie State University

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

Bowie State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
91% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at Bowie State University awarded 89 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 24% of these degrees went to men with the other 76% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 68
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 0
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Bowie State University 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 Bowie State 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 MD, the home state for Bowie State University.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Accountants and Auditors 25,020 $82,610
Managers 14,450 $122,050
Computer Workers 13,720 $113,330
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 12,650 $68,230
Correctional Officers and Jailers 6,780 $49,220

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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