Criminal Justice & Corrections at Fairmont State University

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

Fairmont State is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and has a total student population of 3,848.

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.

Fairmont State Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Fairmont State Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Fairmont State 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Fairmont State

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

Fairmont State Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Fairmont State 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 Fairmont State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	49
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Fairmont State Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Fairmont State, 100% 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 Fairmont State University with a master's in criminal justice.

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

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Fairmont State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies	73

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology

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 WV, the home state for Fairmont State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Accountants and Auditors	3,840	$68,160
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	3,460	$43,590
Correctional Officers and Jailers	3,030	$36,960
Computer Workers	2,380	$83,660
Managers	1,880	$77,290

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 User:Scochran4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.