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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Buena Vista University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Buena Vista University

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

BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and approximately 1,863 students attend the school each year. Of the 399 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Buena Vista University in 2021, 24 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.

BVU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

BVU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type Rank
97
166
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 318
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 695

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from BVU Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at BVU is $38,989. This is 14% 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 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

50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from BVU. About 50% were men and 50% were women.

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About 75% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

BVU 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 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.

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