Criminal Justice & Corrections at Anderson University South Carolina

Every criminal justice and corrections school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at Anderson University South Carolina stacks up to those at other schools.

Anderson University South Carolina is located in Anderson, South Carolina and approximately 3,848 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Anderson University South Carolina.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice & Corrections section at the bottom of this page.

Anderson University South Carolina Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Anderson University South Carolina

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

Anderson University South Carolina Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how Anderson University South Carolina performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at Anderson University South Carolina is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Corrections. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	270
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	749

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from Anderson University South Carolina. This makes it the #136 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Anderson University South Carolina Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Anderson University South Carolina is $34,480. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Anderson University South Carolina

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

Anderson University South Carolina Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Anderson University South Carolina in 2021, 56% were men and 44% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Anderson University South Carolina 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 Anderson University South Carolina with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Anderson University South Carolina Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in criminal justice from Anderson University South Carolina. About 27% of these graduates were women and the other 73% were men.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Anderson University South Carolina, 82% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Anderson University South Carolina with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Homeland Security

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 SC, the home state for Anderson University South Carolina.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Accountants and Auditors	14,890	$64,750
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,180	$42,280
Correctional Officers and Jailers	6,200	$37,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,320	$38,930
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,770	$61,160

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Good Grades under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.