Criminal Justice & Corrections at California State University - Long Beach

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 - Long Beach stacks up to those at other schools.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 302 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from CSULB.

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.

CSULB Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

CSULB Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at CSULB 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
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	67

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from CSULB. This makes it the #88 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CSULB Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSULB is $31,210. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at CSULB

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

CSULB Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

The criminal justice program at CSULB awarded 302 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 39% of these degrees went to men with the other 61% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 - Long Beach with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	38
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	195
White	44
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

CSULB Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 19 students who graduated with a master’s in criminal justice from CSULB in 2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 79% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Other Homeland Security

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 - Long Beach.

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 Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.