Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year.

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

SIUE Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at SIUE

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SIUE Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at SIUE 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 SIUE

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

SIUE Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 92 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from SIUE in 2021, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUE since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at SIUE 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	58
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,000	$104,990
Correctional Officer Supervisors	1,970	$86,840
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	600	$62,280

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.