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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Sterling College

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every criminal justice and corrections school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at Sterling College stacks up to those at other schools.

Sterling College is located in Sterling, Kansas and approximately 678 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.

Sterling College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Sterling College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Sterling College 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 Sterling College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Sterling College.

Sterling College Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

31% Women

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

The criminal justice program at Sterling College awarded 13 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 69% of these degrees went to men with the other 31% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Sterling College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Sterling College 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

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Sterling College. 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 KS, the home state for Sterling College.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Accountants and Auditors	12,320	$66,530
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	5,920	$48,350
Correctional Officers and Jailers	3,470	$36,550
Managers	2,420	$102,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,190	$42,510

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 Sterlingeditor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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