Criminal Justice & Corrections at North Park University

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

North Park is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,831. In 2021, 16 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from North Park.

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 Park Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

North Park Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at North Park 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 Park 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
	62
	112
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	549
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	730

Earnings of North Park Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at North Park is $40,705. This is 19% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at North Park

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

North Park Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from North Park. Of these graduates, 56% were men and 44% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

North Park 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 IL, the home state for North Park University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	30,370	$75,720
Correctional Officers and Jailers	14,050	$62,440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	13,910	$56,100

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 NPPyzixBlan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.