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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459.

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.

USD Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at USD

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USD offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

USD Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at USD 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 USD Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at USD is $35,109. This is 3% 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 USD

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

USD Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 41 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from USD in 2020-2021, 24% were men and 76% were women.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at USD 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 Dakota with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 32
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

USD 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 Dakota. 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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Accountants and Auditors 4,480 $65,800
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 1,770 $48,550
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 1,750 $40,030
Correctional Officers and Jailers 1,330 $39,310
Managers 370 $99,030

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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