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Criminal Justice Studies at Western Carolina University

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Criminal Justice Studies at Western Carolina University

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

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 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.

WCU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at WCU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WCU offers distance education options for criminal justice studies at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

WCU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at WCU 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 WCU

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

WCU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% 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 WCU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 10
Hispanic or Latino 19
White 116
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

WCU 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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Police and Detective Supervisors 2,800 $69,890
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 1,910 $58,690
Correctional Officer Supervisors 1,120 $55,580

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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