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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Kean University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Kean University

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

Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and has a total student population of 14,064. In 2021, 163 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from Kean.

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.

Kean Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Kean Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at Kean 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 Kean 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 Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools 127
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools 177
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools 199
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 534

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from Kean. This makes it the #200 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Kean Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Kean is $33,573. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Kean

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

Kean Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

48% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 163 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Kean. About 52% were men and 48% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Kean University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 33
Hispanic or Latino 56
White 45
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 20

Kean Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

67% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a master's degree in criminal justice from Kean. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Kean, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Kean 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 NJ, the home state for Kean University.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Accountants and Auditors 37,370 $90,400
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 19,950 $83,720
Managers 18,370 $138,820
Correctional Officers and Jailers 11,240 $70,280
Computer Workers 9,770 $99,210

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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