Criminal Justice Studies at University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Every criminal justice studies 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 studies program at University of Wisconsin - Platteville stacks up to those at other schools.

UW - Platteville is located in Platteville, Wisconsin and approximately 7,547 students attend the school each year.

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.

UW - Platteville Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at UW - Platteville

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Master’s Degree

UW - Platteville Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at UW - Platteville 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 UW - Platteville

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

UW - Platteville Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 112 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice Studies from UW - Platteville in 2020-2021, 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Platteville since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at UW - Platteville 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 Wisconsin - Platteville with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	93
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Platteville.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,400	$84,980
Correctional Officer Supervisors	780	$66,070
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	180	$72,160

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By James Steakley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.