Criminal Justice & Corrections at New Jersey City University

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

NJCU is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and approximately 7,550 students attend the school each year.

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.

NJCU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

NJCU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at NJCU 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at NJCU

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

NJCU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 New Jersey City University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

NJCU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Jersey City University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	99
Criminal Justice Studies	15

Related Majors

• Other Homeland Security
• Fire Protection
• Homeland Security

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 NJ, the home state for New Jersey City University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Accountants and Auditors	37,370	$90,400
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	19,950	$83,720
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Correctional Officers and Jailers	11,240	$70,280
Computer Workers	9,770	$99,210

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 Stepanstas under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.