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Criminal Justice at University of Georgia

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Criminal Justice at University of Georgia

Every criminal justice 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 University of Georgia stacks up to those at other schools.

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

UGA Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UGA Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at UGA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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 UGA

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

UGA Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 85 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UGA, about 29% were men and 71% were women.

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About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UGA 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 Georgia with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 56
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

UGA also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Managers 14,480 $118,060
Police and Detective Supervisors 5,840 $66,680
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 130 $63,790

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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