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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has a total student population of 12,380.

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.

UCCS Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UCCS Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at UCCS 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.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from UCCS Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCCS is $33,239. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 162 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCCS. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women.

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About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UCCS 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 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 29
White 110
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

UCCS 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 Colorado at Colorado Springs. 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation Jobs in CO Average Salary in CO
Accountants and Auditors 36,290 $82,320
Computer Workers 16,440 $102,470
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 9,840 $72,950
Managers 8,940 $138,490
Correctional Officers and Jailers 6,990 $50,620

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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