Criminal Justice & Corrections at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

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

SRU is located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania and approximately 8,860 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.

SRU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at SRU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SRU does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SRU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at SRU 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at SRU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

SRU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SRU, about 44% were men and 56% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at SRU 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 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SRU 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 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Related Majors

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 PA, the home state for Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	27,850	$66,600
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	20,160	$43,680
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Correctional Officers and Jailers	16,850	$54,140

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Blackngold29 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.