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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Eastern Illinois University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Eastern Illinois University

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626. In 2021, 15 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from EIU.

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.

EIU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

EIU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at EIU 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 Schools 1,621

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at EIU awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at EIU 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 Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

EIU also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student 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 IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors 53,280 $81,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 30,370 $75,720
Correctional Officers and Jailers 14,050 $62,440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 13,910 $56,100

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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