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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 16,259 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.

UMass Boston Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UMass Boston Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at UMass Boston 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.

Earnings of UMass Boston Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMass Boston is $43,068. This is 26% 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 UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 154 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UMass Boston. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Massachusetts - Boston with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 40
Hispanic or Latino 37
White 55
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

UMass Boston 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

The following criminal justice concentations are available at University of Massachusetts - Boston. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Massachusetts - Boston. 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Accountants and Auditors 35,360 $81,460
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 16,830 $69,870
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 12,340 $48,670
Computer Workers 11,190 $92,110
Managers 8,660 $131,450

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*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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