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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Indiana University - Northwest

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Indiana University - Northwest

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

IU Northwest is located in Gary, Indiana and has a total student population of 3,801. Of the 551 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University - Northwest in 2021, 50 of them were criminal justice and corrections majors.

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.

IU Northwest Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at IU Northwest

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

  • Master’s Degree

IU Northwest Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how IU Northwest performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at IU Northwest 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 266
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools 284
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 403
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Basic Certificate Schools 442
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 556
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 630
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools 1,006

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in criminal justice from IU Northwest. This is the #285 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from IU Northwest Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at IU Northwest is $35,175. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at IU Northwest

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

IU Northwest Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from IU Northwest. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 62% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Indiana University - Northwest with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 24
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

IU Northwest 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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Northwest.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Accountants and Auditors 20,100 $70,780
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 12,340 $55,310
Correctional Officers and Jailers 7,990 $36,960
Managers 7,290 $71,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 7,240 $40,090

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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