Find Trade Colleges

Study Area & Zipcode

Criminal Justice at Grand Valley State University

Find Schools Near

Criminal Justice at Grand Valley State University

Every criminal justice 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 program at Grand Valley State University stacks up to those at other schools.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 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.

GVSU Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

GVSU Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at GVSU 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 GVSU

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

GVSU Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

61% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 147 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GVSU, about 39% were men and 61% were women.

undefined

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 116
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

GVSU 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Managers 6,370 $98,780
Police and Detective Supervisors 2,380 $80,060
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 430 $79,490

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.

Featured Schools

Find Trade Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited trade schools across the U.S.