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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Howard University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at Howard University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Howard.

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.

Howard Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Howard Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at Howard compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Howard 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
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 361
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 618
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 806

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from Howard Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Howard is $29,102. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at Howard awarded 33 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 28
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Managers 19,910 $147,460
Computer Workers 18,040 $117,540
Accountants and Auditors 10,590 $98,130
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 5,450 $74,940
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 3,050 $122,460

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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