Criminal Justice & Corrections at Grand Valley State University

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

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and has a total student population of 23,350.

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.

GVSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

GVSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at GVSU 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 GVSU

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

GVSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	87
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

GVSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Grand Valley State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice	156

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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Accountants and Auditors	33,610	$74,370
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	16,270	$56,270
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	13,790	$50,620
Computer Workers	10,900	$76,400
Correctional Officers and Jailers	9,100	$51,890

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.