Criminal Justice & Corrections at Lincoln University

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

LU Missouri is located in Jefferson City, Missouri and approximately 2,012 students attend the school each year. Of the 241 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lincoln University in 2021, 18 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.

LU Missouri Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

LU Missouri Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

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 LU Missouri 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 Schools	465
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	526
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools	1,006

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at LU Missouri

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

LU Missouri Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from LU Missouri. About 78% of these graduates were women and the other 22% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Lincoln University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

LU Missouri 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 MO, the home state for Lincoln University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Accountants and Auditors	25,090	$70,240
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	13,510	$48,920
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	8,620	$37,680
Correctional Officers and Jailers	8,420	$31,650
Computer Workers	7,010	$82,610

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 Wiremu Stadtwald Demchick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.