Criminal Justice at National University

65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every criminal justice school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at National University stacks up to those at other schools.

National University is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 18,070.

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.

National University Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Undergrad Certificate in Criminal Justice (1 - 4 Years)
Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at National University

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? National University offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

National University Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at National University 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 National University

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

National University Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

46% Women

65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% 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 National University since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 National University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

National University Criminal Justice Master’s Program

45% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in criminal justice each year. National University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 CA, the home state for National University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Police and Detective Supervisors	4,950	$154,430
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,260	$111,240

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
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