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Criminal Justice Studies at Rutgers University - Newark

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Criminal Justice Studies at Rutgers University - Newark

If you plan to study criminal justice studies, 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 Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Rutgers Newark Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Rutgers Newark Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Rutgers Newark 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 Rutgers Newark

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

Rutgers Newark Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 220 criminal justice studies 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 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice studies 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 studies.

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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 studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - Newark.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Police and Detective Supervisors 5,650 $130,490
Correctional Officer Supervisors 630 $105,690
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 470 $87,300

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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