Criminal Justice & Corrections at Limestone College

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

Limestone College is located in Gaffney, South Carolina and approximately 1,943 students attend the school each year. Of the 408 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Limestone College in 2021, 26 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.

Limestone College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Limestone 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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Limestone College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at Limestone College 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 Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	217
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	419
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	500
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	933

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Limestone College

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

Limestone College Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Limestone College. About 42% were men and 58% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Limestone College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Limestone College also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 SC, the home state for Limestone College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Accountants and Auditors	14,890	$64,750
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,180	$42,280
Correctional Officers and Jailers	6,200	$37,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,320	$38,930
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,770	$61,160

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 Morder (talk) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.