Criminal Justice Studies at Athens State University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice studies, you may want to check out the program at Athens State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Athens State University is located in Athens, Alabama and approximately 2,867 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.

Athens State University Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice Studies (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Athens State University

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.

Athens State University does offer online education options in criminal justice studies for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Athens State University Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Athens State University 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 Athens State University

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

Athens State University Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at Athens State University since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Athens State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

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 AL, the home state for Athens State University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,160	$68,810
Correctional Officer Supervisors	460	$56,630
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	90	$68,230

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 Dpepper73 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.