Criminal Justice & Corrections at North Carolina Central University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at North Carolina Central University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

North Carolina Central University is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 8,078. In 2021, 119 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from North Carolina Central University.

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.

North Carolina Central University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at North Carolina Central 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? North Carolina Central University offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

North Carolina Central University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at North Carolina Central University 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 North Carolina Central University 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 Schools	214
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	223
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	468
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In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from North Carolina Central University. This makes it the #163 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from North Carolina Central University Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at North Carolina Central University is $31,836. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at North Carolina Central University

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

North Carolina Central University Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 119 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from North Carolina Central University in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% 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 North Carolina Central University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	87
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

North Carolina Central University Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a master's degree in criminal justice from North Carolina Central University. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 49% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 NC, the home state for North Carolina Central University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Accountants and Auditors	33,020	$76,880
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	22,350	$48,420
Correctional Officers and Jailers	15,720	$38,500
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	11,610	$46,990

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 RDUpedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.