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Criminal Justice at Lees - McRae College

Criminal Justice at Lees - McRae College

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

Lees - McRae College is located in Banner Elk, North Carolina and has a total student population of 838.

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

Lees - McRae College Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Lees - McRae College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Lees - McRae College does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Lees - McRae College Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at Lees - McRae College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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 Student Demographics at Lees - McRae College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Lees - McRae College.

Lees - McRae College Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical criminal justice bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Lees - McRae College since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Lees - McRae College 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 Lees - McRae College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 19
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 NC, the home state for Lees - McRae College.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Managers 11,990 $121,500
Police and Detective Supervisors 2,800 $69,890
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 1,910 $58,690

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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