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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and has a total student population of 50,411.

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.

Rutgers New Brunswick Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Rutgers New Brunswick Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rutgers New Brunswick is $33,861. 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 Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

52% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at Rutgers New Brunswick awarded 206 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 52% going to women.

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About 50% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 17
Black or African American 28
Hispanic or Latino 42
White 104
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Rutgers New Brunswick 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

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rutgers University - New Brunswick. 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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

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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