Criminal Justice & Corrections at Delaware Valley University

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

DelVal is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,303 students attend the school each year. Of the 388 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Delaware Valley University in 2021, 21 of them were criminal justice and corrections majors.

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.

DelVal Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at DelVal

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, DelVal does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

DelVal Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how DelVal performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at DelVal 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 Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools	19
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	114
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	137
	167
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	336
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	495
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	585
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	773

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from DelVal. This makes it the #247 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from DelVal Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at DelVal is $30,783. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at DelVal

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

DelVal Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from DelVal. Of these graduates, 76% were men and 24% were women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at DelVal 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 Delaware Valley University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

DelVal Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a master’s in criminal justice from DelVal in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from DelVal, 67% 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 Delaware Valley University with a master's in criminal justice.

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

DelVal 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 PA, the home state for Delaware Valley University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Delaware Valley University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.