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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Kean University

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what Kean University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and has a total student population of 14,064.

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.

Kean Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Kean Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Kean 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 Kean Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Kean is $33,573. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Kean

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

Kean Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

48% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at Kean awarded 163 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 52% of these degrees went to men with the other 48% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Kean University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 33
Hispanic or Latino 56
White 45
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 20

Kean 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

The following criminal justice concentations are available at Kean University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Kean University. A concentration may not be available for your 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 NJ, the home state for Kean University.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Accountants and Auditors 37,370 $90,400
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 19,950 $83,720
Managers 18,370 $138,820
Correctional Officers and Jailers 11,240 $70,280
Computer Workers 9,770 $99,210

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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