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Criminal Justice Studies at Governors State University

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Criminal Justice Studies at Governors 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 Governors State University stacks up to those at other schools.

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and approximately 4,650 students attend the school each year.

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.

GSU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

GSU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at GSU 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 GSU

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

GSU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice studies program at GSU awarded 52 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 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Governors 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 23
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 11
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

GSU 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 IL, the home state for Governors State University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Police and Detective Supervisors 6,000 $104,990
Correctional Officer Supervisors 1,970 $86,840
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 600 $62,280

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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