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Criminal Justice Studies at Salem University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice studies, you may want to check out the program at Salem University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Salem is located in Salem, West Virginia and approximately 1,008 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 6 students received their associate's degree in criminal justice studies.

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.

Salem Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Salem

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Salem offers distance education options for criminal justice studies at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

Salem Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Salem 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 Salem

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

Salem Criminal Justice Studies Associate’s Program

33% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of criminal justice studies associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice studies only graduates about 43% men each year. The program at Salem may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 23% more women than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Salem University with a associate's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Salem Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

68% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 34 criminal justice studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Salem, about 32% were men and 68% were women.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at Salem 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 Salem University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 22
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Salem 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 WV, the home state for Salem University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Police and Detective Supervisors 240 $66,840
Correctional Officer Supervisors 150 $61,000
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 70 $43,400

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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