Criminal Justice & Corrections at Bowie State University

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

Bowie State University is located in Bowie, Maryland and approximately 6,250 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 89 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Bowie State University.

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.

Bowie State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Bowie State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at Bowie State University 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 Bowie State University 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
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	208
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	248
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	289
	313
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	338

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from Bowie State University Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bowie State University is $35,964. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Bowie State University

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

Bowie State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 89 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Bowie State University, about 24% were men and 76% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 Bowie State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	68
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

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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 MD, the home state for Bowie State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Accountants and Auditors	25,020	$82,610
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	12,650	$68,230
Correctional Officers and Jailers	6,780	$49,220

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 M. Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.