Criminal Justice Studies at Kentucky Wesleyan College

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

Wesleyan is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and has a total student population of 887.

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.

Wesleyan Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Wesleyan

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Wesleyan Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Wesleyan 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 Wesleyan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Wesleyan Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 criminal justice studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Wesleyan, about 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Wesleyan since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at Wesleyan 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 Kentucky Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 KY, the home state for Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,480	$65,430
Correctional Officer Supervisors	750	$47,920
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	120	$85,960

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Matthewru under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.