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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Antelope Valley

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

UAV is located in Lancaster, California and approximately 731 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.

UAV Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at UAV

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, UAV does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

UAV Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at UAV 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 UAV Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAV is $25,967. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UAV

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

UAV Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from UAV. Of these graduates, 12% were men and 88% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% 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 University of Antelope Valley with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

UAV 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 University of Antelope Valley. 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 University of Antelope Valley.

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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