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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Illinois at Chicago

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Illinois at Chicago

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if University of Illinois at Chicago is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 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.

UIC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UIC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at UIC 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 UIC Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIC is $34,572. This is 1% 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 UIC

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

UIC Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 192 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from UIC. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 63% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 113
White 44
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

UIC 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 Illinois at Chicago. 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors 53,280 $81,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 30,370 $75,720
Correctional Officers and Jailers 14,050 $62,440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 13,910 $56,100

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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