Criminal Justice & Corrections at California University of Pennsylvania

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if California University of Pennsylvania is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

Cal U is located in California, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,885. Of the 1,119 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California University of Pennsylvania in 2021, 86 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 U Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Cal U

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Cal U offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Cal U Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at Cal U 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 Cal U 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 Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools	8
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	52
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	68
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	112
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	131
	195
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	196
	809

In 2021, 32 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from Cal U. This makes it the #52 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Cal U Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal U is $29,293. 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 U

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

Cal U Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

The criminal justice program at Cal U awarded 86 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 49% of these degrees went to men with the other 51% going to women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Cal U are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	59
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Cal U Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 32 students who earned a master's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from Cal U in 2020-2021, 28% were men and 72% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Cal U, 78% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Cal U also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 13 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 PA, the home state for California University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	27,850	$66,600
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	20,160	$43,680
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Correctional Officers and Jailers	16,850	$54,140

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 Wjmoore17 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.