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Criminal Justice at Salem State University

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Criminal Justice at Salem State University

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

Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and approximately 7,242 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

Salem State Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Salem State Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at Salem State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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 Salem State

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

Salem State Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

52% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at Salem State awarded 101 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 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Salem State 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 State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 23
White 68
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Salem State also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MA, the home state for Salem State University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Managers 8,660 $131,450
Police and Detective Supervisors 4,670 $100,620
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 370 $75,080

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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