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Criminal Justice Studies at Worcester State University

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Criminal Justice Studies at Worcester State University

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

Worcester State is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,724.

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.

Worcester State Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Worcester State Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Worcester State 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 Worcester State

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

Worcester State Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

36% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice studies program at Worcester State awarded 88 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 64% of these degrees went to men with the other 36% going 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 Worcester State since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at Worcester State 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 Worcester State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 57
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Worcester State 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 MA, the home state for Worcester State University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Police and Detective Supervisors 4,670 $100,620
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 370 $75,080
Correctional Officer Supervisors 120 $68,980

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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