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Criminal Justice Studies at University of Wyoming

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Criminal Justice Studies at University of Wyoming

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice studies school? To help you decide if University of Wyoming is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice studies program.

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 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 Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

UW Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at UW 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

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

UW Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice studies program at UW awarded 103 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 45% of these degrees went to men with the other 55% going to 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 since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies 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 studies.

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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 studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation Jobs in WY Average Salary in WY
Police and Detective Supervisors 300 $77,790
Correctional Officer Supervisors 100 $62,920
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 40 $63,210

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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