Criminal Justice at Mount Mercy University

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Mount Mercy is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and approximately 1,705 students attend the school each year.

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.

Mount Mercy Criminal Justice Degrees Available

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

Mount Mercy Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at Mount Mercy 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 Mount Mercy

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

Mount Mercy Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

58% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Mount Mercy Criminal Justice Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in criminal justice each year. Mount Mercy does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 55% more men than average.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Mount Mercy, 100% 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 Mount Mercy University with a master's in criminal justice.

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

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 IA, the home state for Mount Mercy University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,080	$81,800
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	130	$88,750

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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