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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of South Carolina - Columbia

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what University of South Carolina - Columbia has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 35,470 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.

UofSC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UofSC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at UofSC 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.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from UofSC Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UofSC is $31,800. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UofSC

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

UofSC Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 216 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from UofSC in 2020-2021, 44% were men and 56% were women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UofSC 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 41
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 145
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

UofSC 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

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Carolina - Columbia. 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
Accountants and Auditors 14,890 $64,750
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,180 $42,280
Correctional Officers and Jailers 6,200 $37,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 3,320 $38,930
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,770 $61,160

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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