Criminal Justice & Corrections at George Mason University

Every criminal justice and corrections 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 George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541. Of the 6,388 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University in 2021, 363 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.

GMU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

GMU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how GMU 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 GMU 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
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	29
	128
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	200
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	802

In 2021, 32 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from GMU. This makes it the #52 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from GMU Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $40,661. This is 19% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 363 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from GMU. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	91
White	152
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	39

GMU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

The criminal justice program at GMU awarded 32 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 19% of these degrees went to men with the other 81% going to women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from GMU, 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 George Mason University with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GMU also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Homeland Security
• Security Science and Technology

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Accountants and Auditors	41,230	$85,640
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	18,080	$56,710
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Correctional Officers and Jailers	14,910	$41,860
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.