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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Emporia State University

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

ESU is located in Emporia, Kansas and approximately 5,828 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from ESU.

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.

ESU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

ESU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at ESU 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 ESU 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 Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 391
625

Earnings of ESU Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at ESU is $31,816. 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 ESU

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

ESU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from ESU. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

ESU 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 KS, the home state for Emporia State University.

Occupation Jobs in KS Average Salary in KS
Accountants and Auditors 12,320 $66,530
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 5,920 $48,350
Correctional Officers and Jailers 3,470 $36,550
Managers 2,420 $102,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 2,190 $42,510

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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