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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Florida Atlantic University

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

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 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.

FAU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at FAU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

FAU does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

FAU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at FAU 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.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from FAU Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at FAU is $33,474. 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 FAU

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

FAU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at FAU awarded 313 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 37% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 86
Hispanic or Latino 91
White 108
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

FAU 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 Florida Atlantic 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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Accountants and Auditors 71,940 $71,790
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 37,650 $59,610
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33,060 $43,410
Managers 23,160 $99,240
Computer Workers 11,060 $78,900

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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