Criminal Justice & Corrections at Centenary University

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 Centenary University stacks up to those at other schools.

Centenary is located in Hackettstown, New Jersey and approximately 1,629 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 23 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from Centenary.

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.

Centenary Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Centenary Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how Centenary performed in these rankings.

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 Centenary 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 Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	308
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	459
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	481

Earnings of Centenary Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Centenary is $34,867. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Centenary

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

Centenary Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Centenary, about 43% were men and 57% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Centenary 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 Centenary University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology

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 NJ, the home state for Centenary University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Accountants and Auditors	37,370	$90,400
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	19,950	$83,720
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Correctional Officers and Jailers	11,240	$70,280
Computer Workers	9,770	$99,210

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.