Criminal Justice Studies at University of Maryland Global Campus

Every criminal justice studies 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 studies program at University of Maryland Global Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526.

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.

UMGC Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

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.

UMGC does offer online education options in criminal justice studies for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMGC Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at UMGC 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 UMGC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at University of Maryland Global Campus.

UMGC Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at UMGC since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	113
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	151
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	42

UMGC 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Police and Detective Supervisors	4,080	$93,820
Correctional Officer Supervisors	1,960	$65,270
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	170	$81,650

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.