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Criminal Justice & Corrections at California State University - Sacramento

Criminal Justice & Corrections at California State University - Sacramento

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

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 32,293 students attend the school each year.

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.

Sac State Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Sac State Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Sac 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

59% Women
78% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 41% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 - Sacramento with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 53
Black or African American 27
Hispanic or Latino 307
White 105
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 47

Sac State Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

67% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Sacramento. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies 493

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 - Sacramento.

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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