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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Nevada State College

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Nevada State College

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

NSC is located in Henderson, Nevada and has a total student population of 7,289. Of the 778 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Nevada State College in 2021, 62 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.

NSC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

NSC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at NSC 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools 101
159
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 194
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 204
246
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 258
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 269
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 459
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 479

Earnings of NSC Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at NSC is $37,265. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at NSC

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

NSC Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 62 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from NSC in 2021, 24% were men and 76% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Nevada State College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 36
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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

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 NV, the home state for Nevada State College.

Occupation Jobs in NV Average Salary in NV
Accountants and Auditors 8,430 $66,600
Managers 7,120 $102,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 5,120 $70,450
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 3,130 $52,410
Correctional Officers and Jailers 2,680 $62,140

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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