Criminal Justice & Corrections at California State University - San Bernardino

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

CSUSB is located in San Bernardino, California and has a total student population of 19,689. Of the 4,061 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - San Bernardino in 2021, 261 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.

CSUSB Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at CSUSB

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

CSUSB does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

CSUSB Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at CSUSB 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
	164
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	261
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	489

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from CSUSB. This makes it the #211 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CSUSB Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUSB is $30,928. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at CSUSB

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

CSUSB Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 261 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from CSUSB. About 59% of these graduates were women and the other 41% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 - San Bernardino with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	190
White	34
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

CSUSB Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a master's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from CSUSB in 2020-2021, 40% were men and 60% were women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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

CSUSB 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 - San Bernardino.

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 John Hilliard under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.