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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Clark Atlanta University

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

CAU is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 3,776 students attend the school each year.

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.

CAU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

CAU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at CAU 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 CAU Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at CAU is $24,583. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at CAU

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

CAU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

77% Women
91% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at CAU awarded 53 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 77% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Clark Atlanta University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 48
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

CAU 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

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Clark Atlanta 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 GA, the home state for Clark Atlanta University.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Accountants and Auditors 37,200 $75,930
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 22,410 $42,990
Computer Workers 21,500 $90,140
Correctional Officers and Jailers 15,500 $34,290
Managers 14,480 $118,060

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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