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Criminal Justice Studies at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 31,142.

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.

UNLV Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

UNLV Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at UNLV 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 UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 329 criminal justice studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNLV. Of these graduates, 37% were men and 63% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 25
Black or African American 38
Hispanic or Latino 142
White 97
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 25

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

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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation Jobs in NV Average Salary in NV
Police and Detective Supervisors 920 $101,690
Correctional Officer Supervisors 300 $84,480
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 160 $51,750

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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