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Criminal Justice Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University

Criminal Justice Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice studies school? To help you decide if Florida Gulf Coast University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice studies program.

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and has a total student population of 15,358.

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

FGCU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at FGCU

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.

FGCU does offer online education options in criminal justice studies for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Master’s Degree

FGCU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at FGCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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 Studies Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at FGCU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at FGCU 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 30
White 73
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies 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 Gulf Coast University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Police and Detective Supervisors 6,840 $87,850
Correctional Officer Supervisors 2,360 $62,490
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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