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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Auburn University at Montgomery

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

AUM is located in Montgomery, Alabama and approximately 5,212 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 26 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from AUM.

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.

AUM Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

AUM Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at AUM compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at AUM 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 Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools 198
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 506
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 600
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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 812

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from AUM. This makes it the #211 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of AUM Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at AUM is $24,957. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at AUM

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

AUM Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

69% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 26 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from AUM in 2021, 31% were men and 69% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

AUM Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

20% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 80% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

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

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

AUM 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 AL, the home state for Auburn University at Montgomery.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Accountants and Auditors 15,720 $70,310
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,410 $45,930
Correctional Officers and Jailers 4,680 $36,760
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 3,460 $40,710
Managers 2,110 $106,680

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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