Criminal Justice at Columbia Southern University

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Columbia Southern University is located in Orange Beach, Alabama and has a total student population of 18,533.

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

Columbia Southern University Criminal Justice Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Columbia Southern University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Columbia Southern University does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

Columbia Southern University Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at Columbia Southern University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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 Student Demographics at Columbia Southern University

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

Columbia Southern University Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

34% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical criminal justice bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Columbia Southern University since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Columbia Southern University 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 Columbia Southern University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	112
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

Columbia Southern University Criminal Justice Master’s Program

44% Women

51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in criminal justice each year. Columbia Southern University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Criminal Justice & Police Science

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 AL, the home state for Columbia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,160	$68,810
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	90	$68,230

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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