Criminal Justice Studies at Buena Vista University

37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

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 Studies section at the bottom of this page.

BVU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

BVU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at BVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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 Studies Student Demographics at BVU

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

BVU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

53% Women

37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at BVU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies 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 studies.

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

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies 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
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,080	$81,800
Correctional Officer Supervisors	240	$69,790
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	130	$88,750

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
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