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Corrections at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying corrections, you may want to check out the program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Corrections section at the bottom of this page.

UNM Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Corrections

UNM Corrections Rankings

The corrections major at UNM is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Corrections Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the corrections majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Corrections Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
77% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 128 corrections majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNM. Of these graduates, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical corrections bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UNM since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its corrections bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in corrections.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 75
White 27
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

UNM also has a doctoral program available in corrections. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Corrections Grads May Go Into

A degree in corrections can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Correctional Officers and Jailers 4,210 $36,250
Police and Detective Supervisors 730 $78,980
Correctional Officer Supervisors 640 $49,630

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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