Criminal Justice Studies at Wayne State College

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

WSC is located in Wayne, Nebraska and approximately 4,202 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.

WSC Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at WSC

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? WSC offers distance education options for criminal justice studies at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

WSC Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at WSC 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 WSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at Wayne State College.

WSC Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 58 criminal justice studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WSC, about 50% were men and 50% 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 WSC since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at WSC 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 Wayne State College with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

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 NE, the home state for Wayne State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Police and Detective Supervisors	590	$81,760
Correctional Officer Supervisors	400	$55,690
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	100	$58,110

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.