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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Chestnut Hill College

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Chestnut Hill College

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

CHC is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,528 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from CHC.

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.

CHC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

CHC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how CHC 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 CHC 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools 269
401
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 459
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 608
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 649

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from CHC Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at CHC is $32,248. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at CHC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Chestnut Hill College.

CHC Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

75% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from CHC in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Chestnut Hill College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 5
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 Chestnut Hill College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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