Criminal Justice & Corrections at Claflin 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 Claflin University stacks up to those at other schools.

Claflin is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and has a total student population of 2,048.

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.

Claflin Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Claflin Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Claflin 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 Claflin Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Claflin is $30,056. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Claflin

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

Claflin Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from Claflin. Of these graduates, 28% were men and 73% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 Claflin University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Claflin 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 Claflin University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Related Majors

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 SC, the home state for Claflin University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Accountants and Auditors	14,890	$64,750
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,180	$42,280
Correctional Officers and Jailers	6,200	$37,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,320	$38,930
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,770	$61,160

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.