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Criminal Justice & Corrections at California State University - Bakersfield

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what California State University - Bakersfield has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and has a total student population of 11,745.

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.

CSUB Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

CSUB Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at CSUB 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 CSUB Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUB is $28,455. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at CSUB

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

CSUB Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 189 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from CSUB in 2020-2021, 40% were men and 60% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 California State University - Bakersfield with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 10
Hispanic or Latino 137
White 24
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

CSUB 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California State University - Bakersfield. A concentration may not be available for your 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Bakersfield.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Accountants and Auditors 148,600 $84,430
Computer Workers 74,690 $103,270
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 72,680 $101,380
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Correctional Officers and Jailers 34,980 $75,400

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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