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Criminal Justice at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

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.

WIU Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at WIU

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.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

WIU Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at WIU 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 WIU

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

WIU Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

41% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 258 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from WIU in 2021, 59% were men and 41% were women.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at WIU 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 Illinois University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 42
Hispanic or Latino 60
White 142
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

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

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Police and Detective Supervisors 6,000 $104,990
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 600 $62,280

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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