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Criminal Justice Studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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Criminal Justice Studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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

WCUPA is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 17,719.

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.

WCUPA Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

WCUPA Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at WCUPA 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 WCUPA

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

WCUPA Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

51% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 49% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went 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 WCUPA since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at WCUPA 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 28
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 109
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

WCUPA 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 PA, the home state for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Police and Detective Supervisors 3,350 $92,170
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 760 $83,960

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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