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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Ball State University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Ball State University

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

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and has a total student population of 21,597. Of the 3,683 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ball State University in 2021, 123 of them were criminal justice and corrections majors.

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.

Ball State Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Ball State

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.

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

  • Associate’s Degree
  • Bachelor’s Degree

Ball State Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Ball State 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.

Earnings of Ball State Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ball State is $34,512. This is 1% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Ball State

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

Ball State Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

40% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at Ball State are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Ball State Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 123 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from Ball State. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 62% were women.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Ball 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 Ball State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 19
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 94
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Ball State 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 IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Accountants and Auditors 20,100 $70,780
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 12,340 $55,310
Correctional Officers and Jailers 7,990 $36,960
Managers 7,290 $71,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 7,240 $40,090

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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