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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Elizabeth City State University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Elizabeth City State University

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if Elizabeth City State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

ECSU is located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and has a total student population of 2,002. Of the 301 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Elizabeth City State University in 2021, 34 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.

ECSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at ECSU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? ECSU offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

ECSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

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 ECSU 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
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 27
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 49
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 96
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 115
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 145
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 185
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 348
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 357
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 464
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Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 786

Earnings of ECSU Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECSU is $30,408. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at ECSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Elizabeth City State University.

ECSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

68% Women
88% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 34 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from ECSU in 2021, 32% were men and 68% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Elizabeth City State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 25
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

ECSU 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 NC, the home state for Elizabeth City State University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Accountants and Auditors 33,020 $76,880
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 22,350 $48,420
Correctional Officers and Jailers 15,720 $38,500
Managers 11,990 $121,500
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 11,610 $46,990

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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