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Criminal Justice Studies at Northern Kentucky University

Criminal Justice Studies at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice Studies section at the bottom of this page.

NKU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

NKU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at NKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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 Studies Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies 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 studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 46
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies 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
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,480 $65,430
Correctional Officer Supervisors 750 $47,920
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 120 $85,960

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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