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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Faulkner University

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

Faulkner is located in Montgomery, Alabama and approximately 2,961 students attend the school each year. Of the 378 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Faulkner University in 2021, 78 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.

Faulkner Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Faulkner Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at Faulkner 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 Master’s Degree Schools 6
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools 59
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Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 455
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 542
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools 1,006
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools 1,006

In 2021, 71 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from Faulkner. This makes it the #23 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from Faulkner Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Faulkner is $36,040. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Faulkner

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

Faulkner Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

38% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at Faulkner awarded 78 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 62% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Faulkner 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 Faulkner University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 22
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 49
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Faulkner Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

38% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 71 criminal justice students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Faulkner, about 62% were men and 38% were women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 30
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 35
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Faulkner 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 AL, the home state for Faulkner University.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Accountants and Auditors 15,720 $70,310
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,410 $45,930
Correctional Officers and Jailers 4,680 $36,760
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 3,460 $40,710
Managers 2,110 $106,680

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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