Criminal Justice at Eastern Kentucky University
Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and approximately 14,465 students attend the school each year.
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.
Eastern Criminal Justice Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
- Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice
Eastern Criminal Justice Rankings
The criminal justice major at Eastern 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 Eastern
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Eastern Kentucky University.
Eastern Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program
About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Eastern 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 Kentucky University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 8 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 |
White | 115 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Eastern Criminal Justice Master’s Program
Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Eastern, 57% 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 Eastern Kentucky University with a master's in criminal justice.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 4 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.
Occupation | Jobs in KY | Average Salary in KY |
---|---|---|
Managers | 3,260 | $92,630 |
Police and Detective Supervisors | 1,480 | $65,430 |
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors | 120 | $85,960 |
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 Alpha 40475 under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.