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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Rutgers University - Newark

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

Rutgers Newark is located in Newark, New Jersey and has a total student population of 13,231.

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 Newark Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Rutgers Newark Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Rutgers Newark 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.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from Rutgers Newark Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rutgers Newark 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 Newark

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

Rutgers Newark Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 220 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from Rutgers Newark. Of these graduates, 37% were men and 63% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Rutgers University - Newark with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 39
Hispanic or Latino 87
White 57
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

Rutgers Newark 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

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rutgers University - Newark. 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 - Newark.

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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