Criminal Justice Studies at Central Washington University

If you plan to study criminal justice studies, take a look at what Central Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and has a total student population of 11,174.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice Studies section at the bottom of this page.

CWU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

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

CWU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at CWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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 Studies Student Demographics at CWU

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

CWU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	66
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

CWU Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice studies master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice studies master's degree from CWU, 100% 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 Central Washington University with a master's in criminal justice studies.

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

Related Majors

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Police and Detective Supervisors	2,590	$106,600
Correctional Officer Supervisors	810	$72,750
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	120	$58,730

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.