Criminal Justice Studies at Governors State University

If you plan to study criminal justice studies, take a look at what Governors State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and has a total student population of 4,650.

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.

GSU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

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

GSU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at GSU 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 GSU

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

GSU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of criminal justice studies 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 studies 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 studies.

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 Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice studies master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in criminal justice studies each year. GSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

In the criminal justice studies 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 studies.

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

Related Majors

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 IL, the home state for Governors State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,000	$104,990
Correctional Officer Supervisors	1,970	$86,840
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	600	$62,280

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.