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Criminal Justice at Ferris State University

Criminal Justice at Ferris State University

Every criminal justice school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at Ferris State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and approximately 11,165 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

Ferris Criminal Justice Degrees Available

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

Ferris Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at Ferris is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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 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 Bachelor’s Program

34% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 66% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical criminal justice bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Ferris since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

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About 76% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 22
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Ferris Criminal Justice Master’s Program

75% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Ferris, 56% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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
Managers 6,370 $98,780
Police and Detective Supervisors 2,380 $80,060
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 430 $79,490

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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