Criminal Justice & Corrections at Claflin University

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

Claflin is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and approximately 2,048 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Claflin.

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.

Claflin Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Claflin Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

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 Claflin 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 Master’s Degree Schools	43
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	89
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	162
	181
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	198
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	317
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	318
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	516
	523
	771

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from Claflin. This makes it the #163 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from Claflin Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Claflin is $30,056. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Claflin

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

Claflin Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

The criminal justice program at Claflin awarded 40 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 Claflin University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Claflin Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a master’s in criminal justice from Claflin in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 49% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Claflin 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 SC, the home state for Claflin University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Accountants and Auditors	14,890	$64,750
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,180	$42,280
Correctional Officers and Jailers	6,200	$37,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,320	$38,930
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,770	$61,160

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.