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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and has a total student population of 11,829.

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.

UW Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UW Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at UW 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 UW Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW is $36,926. This is 8% 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 UW

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

UW Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 45% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 75
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

UW 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

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Wyoming. 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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation Jobs in WY Average Salary in WY
Accountants and Auditors 1,810 $66,180
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 1,130 $55,050
Correctional Officers and Jailers 830 $42,290
Managers 770 $100,310
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 770 $50,200

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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