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Criminal Justice & Corrections at California State University - Chico

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at California State University - Chico

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

Chico State is located in Chico, California and has a total student population of 16,746. In 2021, 171 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from Chico State.

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.

Chico State Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Chico State Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Chico 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.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from Chico State Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Chico State is $33,845. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Chico State

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

Chico State Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 171 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from Chico State in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 California State University - Chico with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 84
White 68
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

Chico 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Chico.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Accountants and Auditors 148,600 $84,430
Computer Workers 74,690 $103,270
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 72,680 $101,380
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Correctional Officers and Jailers 34,980 $75,400

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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