Criminal Justice & Corrections at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and approximately 103,427 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 293 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Grand Canyon University.

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.

Grand Canyon University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon University

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Grand Canyon University offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Grand Canyon University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how Grand Canyon University 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 Grand Canyon University 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 Master’s Degree Schools	56
	235
	474

In 2021, 126 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from Grand Canyon University. This makes it the #11 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Grand Canyon University Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Grand Canyon University is $35,660. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 293 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Grand Canyon University. About 45% were men and 55% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	98
White	126
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Grand Canyon University Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 126 students earned a master's degree in criminal justice from Grand Canyon University. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Grand Canyon University also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology
• Homeland Security

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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Accountants and Auditors	20,030	$69,190
Correctional Officers and Jailers	13,810	$44,150
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,320	$64,640
Computer Workers	9,150	$85,010
Managers	8,520	$101,630

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.