Criminal Justice & Corrections at Florida Atlantic University

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

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,986 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2021, 313 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.

FAU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at FAU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, FAU does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

FAU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at FAU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	377
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	768

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from FAU. This makes it the #72 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from FAU Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at FAU is $33,474. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

The criminal justice program at FAU awarded 313 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 37% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	86
Hispanic or Latino	91
White	108
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

FAU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 22 criminal justice students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from FAU, about 23% were men and 77% were women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 82% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Other Homeland Security

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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Accountants and Auditors	71,940	$71,790
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	37,650	$59,610
Correctional Officers and Jailers	33,060	$43,410
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Computer Workers	11,060	$78,900

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.