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Criminal Justice at University of Mississippi

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 Mississippi stacks up to those at other schools.

Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and approximately 21,014 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.

Ole Miss Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Ole Miss Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at Ole Miss 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 Ole Miss

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

Ole Miss Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

45% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 154 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Ole Miss. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men.

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About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Ole Miss 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 Mississippi with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 46
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 102
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Ole Miss 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 MS, the home state for University of Mississippi.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
Managers 1,230 $82,230
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,210 $51,870
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 60 $76,000

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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