Criminal Justice Studies at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 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.

UCF Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

UCF Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at UCF 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 UCF

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

UCF Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 524 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from UCF 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 UCF since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	74
Hispanic or Latino	169
White	239
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

UCF 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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,840	$87,850
Correctional Officer Supervisors	2,360	$62,490
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,030	$68,780

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.