Criminal Justice & Corrections at Governors State University

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

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and approximately 4,650 students attend the school each year.

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.

GSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

GSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at GSU 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Governors State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

GSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at Governors State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Governors State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies	62

Related Majors

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 IL, the home state for Governors State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	30,370	$75,720
Correctional Officers and Jailers	14,050	$62,440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	13,910	$56,100

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 User:Astuishin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.