Criminal Justice at Utah Valley University

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

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and approximately 40,936 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 76 students received their associate's degree in criminal justice.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

UVU Criminal Justice Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at UVU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UVU does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

UVU Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at UVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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 Student Demographics at UVU

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

UVU Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at UVU are white. Around 78% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Utah Valley University with a associate's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	59
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UVU Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UVU 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 Utah Valley University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

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 UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Managers	3,310	$102,290
Police and Detective Supervisors	920	$76,610
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	470	$71,760

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 uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.