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Criminal Justice at Eastern Kentucky University

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Criminal Justice at Eastern Kentucky University

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if Eastern Kentucky University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and approximately 14,465 students attend the school each year.

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

Eastern Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Eastern Criminal Justice Rankings

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

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Eastern

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

Eastern Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 154 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Eastern in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% were women.

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About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Eastern 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 Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 122
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

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

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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Managers 3,260 $92,630
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,480 $65,430
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 120 $85,960

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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