Criminal Justice & Corrections at Nebraska Wesleyan University

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

NWU is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and approximately 1,924 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from NWU.

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.

NWU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

NWU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at NWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 NWU 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 Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	719

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at NWU

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

NWU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from NWU in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at NWU 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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

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

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology

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 NE, the home state for Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Accountants and Auditors	8,170	$67,920
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	3,370	$57,530
Computer Workers	2,980	$86,230
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,770	$41,560
Correctional Officers and Jailers	2,270	$40,310

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.