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Criminal Justice Studies at Fairmont State University

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Criminal Justice Studies at Fairmont State University

Every criminal justice studies 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 studies program at Fairmont State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Fairmont State is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and has a total student population of 3,848.

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

Fairmont State Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Fairmont State Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Fairmont State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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 Studies Student Demographics at Fairmont State

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

Fairmont State Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

47% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice studies program at Fairmont State awarded 64 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 53% of these degrees went to men with the other 47% going to women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Fairmont State since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at Fairmont State 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 Fairmont State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 54
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WV, the home state for Fairmont State University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Police and Detective Supervisors 240 $66,840
Correctional Officer Supervisors 150 $61,000
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 70 $43,400

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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