Criminal Justice & Corrections at Ferris State University

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

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and approximately 11,165 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,124 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ferris State University in 2021, 301 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.

Ferris Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Ferris Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how Ferris performed in these rankings.

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 Ferris 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 Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	92
	120

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from Ferris. This makes it the #92 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Ferris Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ferris is $37,995. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Ferris

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

Ferris Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at Ferris are white. Around 79% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	53
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Ferris Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 301 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from Ferris. Of these graduates, 42% were men and 58% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Ferris 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 Ferris State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	212
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Ferris Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a master's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from Ferris in 2020-2021, 44% were men and 56% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Ferris, 78% 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 Ferris State University with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Ferris also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Accountants and Auditors	33,610	$74,370
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	16,270	$56,270
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	13,790	$50,620
Computer Workers	10,900	$76,400
Correctional Officers and Jailers	9,100	$51,890

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.