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Criminal Justice & Corrections at California State University - East Bay

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at California State University - East Bay

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at California State University - East Bay. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal State East Bay is located in Hayward, California and approximately 16,253 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 242 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal State East Bay.

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.

Cal State East Bay Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Cal State East Bay Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how Cal State East Bay performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at Cal State East Bay 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 Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 75
150
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 170
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 297
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 428

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from Cal State East Bay Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal State East Bay is $39,264. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Cal State East Bay

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

Cal State East Bay Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

66% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 242 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Cal State East Bay. About 66% of these graduates were women and the other 34% were men.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 - East Bay with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 32
Black or African American 24
Hispanic or Latino 125
White 33
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

Cal State East Bay 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 - East Bay.

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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