Criminal Justice & Corrections at Jacksonville State University

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

Jacksonville State University is located in Jacksonville, Alabama and approximately 9,238 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,491 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville State University in 2021, 23 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.

Jacksonville State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Jacksonville State University

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.

Jacksonville State University does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Jacksonville State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

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 Jacksonville State 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
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	122
	543
	814

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from Jacksonville State University. This makes it the #107 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Jacksonville State University Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Jacksonville State University is $29,161. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Jacksonville State University

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

Jacksonville State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

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

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Jacksonville State University 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 Jacksonville State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Jacksonville State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a master's degree in criminal justice from Jacksonville State University. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Jacksonville State 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 AL, the home state for Jacksonville State University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Accountants and Auditors	15,720	$70,310
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,410	$45,930
Correctional Officers and Jailers	4,680	$36,760
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,460	$40,710
Managers	2,110	$106,680

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 Thomson200 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.