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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Eureka College

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

Eureka College is located in Eureka, Illinois and approximately 511 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.

Eureka College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Eureka College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Eureka College 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 Eureka College Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Eureka College is $30,898. 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 Eureka College

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

Eureka College Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 16 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Eureka College, about 56% were men and 44% were women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Eureka College 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 Eureka College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Eureka College 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 Eureka College. 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 IL, the home state for Eureka College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors 53,280 $81,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 30,370 $75,720
Correctional Officers and Jailers 14,050 $62,440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 13,910 $56,100

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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