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Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University

Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice, 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 has a total student population of 30,805.

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.

FAU Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

FAU Criminal Justice Rankings

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 Master’s Program

81% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 16% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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
Managers 23,160 $99,240
Police and Detective Supervisors 6,840 $87,850
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 1,030 $68,780

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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