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Criminal Justice Studies at Kentucky Wesleyan College

Criminal Justice Studies at Kentucky Wesleyan College

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice studies school? To help you decide if Kentucky Wesleyan College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice studies program.

Wesleyan is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and has a total student population of 887.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Wesleyan Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Wesleyan

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Wesleyan does offer online courses in criminal justice studies for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Wesleyan Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Wesleyan is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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 Studies Student Demographics at Wesleyan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Wesleyan Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at Wesleyan since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at Wesleyan 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 Kentucky Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,480 $65,430
Correctional Officer Supervisors 750 $47,920
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 120 $85,960

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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