Corrections at Washburn University

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

Washburn University is located in Topeka, Kansas and has a total student population of 5,880.

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

Washburn University Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Corrections

Online Classes Are Available at Washburn University

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? Washburn University offers distance education options for corrections at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Washburn University Corrections Rankings

The corrections major at Washburn University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Corrections Student Demographics at Washburn University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the corrections majors at Washburn University.

Washburn University Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in corrections from Washburn University in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical corrections bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Washburn University since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in corrections at Washburn University 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 Washburn University with a bachelor's in corrections.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Washburn University also has a doctoral program available in corrections. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Corrections Grads May Go Into

A degree in corrections can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KS, the home state for Washburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Correctional Officers and Jailers	3,470	$36,550
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,890	$71,070
Correctional Officer Supervisors	730	$48,890
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	30	$47,910

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 Marion Doss under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.