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Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice

Bachelor’s Degrees in Criminal Justice

13,825 Yearly Graduations
56% Women
51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were women, and 51% were students from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups. Also, 1.0% of criminal justice graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Criminal Justice Majors

In 2021-2022, 13,825 earned their bachelor's degree in criminal justice. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in criminal justice at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 13,825
Associate Degree 10,992
Basic Certificate 3,101
Undergraduate Certificate 724

Earnings of Criminal Justice Majors With Bachelor’s Degrees

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for criminal justice majors with their bachelor's degree due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their bachelor's degree in criminal justice. About 55.9% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 6,100
Women 7,725
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The racial-ethnic distribution of criminal justice bachelor’s degree students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 343
Black or African American 2,445
Hispanic or Latino 3,723
White 5,933
International Students 136
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,245
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to criminal justice that offer bachelor’s degrees.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies 31,240
Criminal Justice & Police Science 2,819
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice 1,762
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Securities Services Management 363

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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