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Criminal Justice & Corrections at San Jose State University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year.

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.

San Jose State Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

San Jose State Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at San Jose State 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 San Jose State Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at San Jose State is $34,457. This is 1% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 228 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from San Jose State in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 San Jose State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 35
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 134
White 24
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 26

San Jose State 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

The following criminal justice concentations are available at San Jose State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Jose State University. 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 CA, the home state for San Jose State University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Accountants and Auditors 148,600 $84,430
Computer Workers 74,690 $103,270
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 72,680 $101,380
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Correctional Officers and Jailers 34,980 $75,400

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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