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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northern Kentucky University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northern Kentucky University

Every criminal justice and corrections school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at Northern Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from NKU.

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.

NKU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

NKU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at NKU 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.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from NKU Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at NKU is $34,751. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% 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 NKU

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

NKU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at NKU awarded 66 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 53
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

NKU 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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Accountants and Auditors 11,160 $67,080
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 7,830 $45,600
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 7,740 $40,950
Correctional Officers and Jailers 5,850 $35,940
Managers 3,260 $92,630

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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