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Criminal Justice & Corrections at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at The Graduate Center, CUNY

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at The Graduate Center, CUNY. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and approximately 9,300 students attend the school each year.

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.

The Graduate Center Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

The Graduate Center Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #72 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

The Graduate Center Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

64% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 22 criminal justice students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from The Graduate Center, about 36% were men and 64% were women.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from The Graduate Center, 55% 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 The Graduate Center, CUNY with a master's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 12
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

The Graduate Center also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 8 students 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 NY, the home state for The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors 110,780 $96,300
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 53,560 $74,860
Correctional Officers and Jailers 35,460 $64,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 28,530 $58,050
Managers 16,600 $124,160

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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