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Criminal Justice & Corrections at College of Southern Nevada

Criminal Justice & Corrections at College of Southern Nevada

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

CSN is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 29,965.

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.

CSN Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Undergrad Certificate in Criminal Justice (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

CSN Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at CSN

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

CSN Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

55% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 45% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 55% went to women.

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CSN does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of Southern Nevada with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 71
White 45
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 19

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from College of Southern Nevada. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies 179
Criminal Justice & Police Science 9

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 NV, the home state for College of Southern Nevada.

Occupation Jobs in NV Average Salary in NV
Accountants and Auditors 8,430 $66,600
Managers 7,120 $102,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 5,120 $70,450
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 3,130 $52,410
Correctional Officers and Jailers 2,680 $62,140

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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