Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Criminal Justice & Corrections at Buena Vista University

Criminal Justice & Corrections at Buena Vista University

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if Buena Vista University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and approximately 1,863 students attend the school each year.

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.

BVU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

BVU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at BVU 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at BVU

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

BVU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

undefined

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at BVU 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 Buena Vista University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at Buena Vista University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Buena Vista University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies 24

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 IA, the home state for Buena Vista University.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Accountants and Auditors 9,600 $67,030
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 4,860 $58,340
Correctional Officers and Jailers 3,030 $50,750
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 2,930 $44,720
Managers 2,880 $101,360

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.