Criminal Justice & Corrections at California State University - Fullerton

Every criminal justice and corrections school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at California State University - Fullerton stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal State Fullerton is located in Fullerton, California and has a total student population of 42,051. Of the 10,010 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Fullerton in 2021, 365 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.

Cal State Fullerton Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Cal State Fullerton Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

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 Fullerton 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	38
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	208
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	483
	563

Earnings of Cal State Fullerton Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal State Fullerton is $32,658. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Cal State Fullerton

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

Cal State Fullerton Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 365 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from Cal State Fullerton in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% were women.

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 - Fullerton with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	249
White	39
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Cal State Fullerton also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 - Fullerton.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.