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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Messiah University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Messiah University

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if Messiah University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,370.

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.

Messiah Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Messiah Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Messiah 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Messiah

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

Messiah Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at Messiah awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Messiah 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 Messiah University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Messiah 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 Messiah University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Messiah 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 PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Accountants and Auditors 51,720 $75,250
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 27,850 $66,600
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 20,160 $43,680
Computer Workers 19,010 $87,040
Correctional Officers and Jailers 16,850 $54,140

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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