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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Troy University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at Troy University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

TROY is located in Troy, Alabama and has a total student population of 16,497.

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.

TROY Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at TROY

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

TROY Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at TROY 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 TROY Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at TROY is $38,003. This is 11% 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 TROY

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

TROY Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

45% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 185 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from TROY in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women.

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About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at TROY 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 Troy University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 51
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 94
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 23

TROY 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 Troy University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Troy 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 AL, the home state for Troy University.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Accountants and Auditors 15,720 $70,310
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,410 $45,930
Correctional Officers and Jailers 4,680 $36,760
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 3,460 $40,710
Managers 2,110 $106,680

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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