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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

If you plan to study criminal justice & corrections, take a look at what Northwestern State University of Louisiana has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NSU is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana and approximately 11,447 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.

NSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

NSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at NSU 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 NSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

NSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

72% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at NSU 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 Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 29
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies 49

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 LA, the home state for Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,810 $41,550
Accountants and Auditors 10,390 $66,860
Managers 9,790 $87,080
Correctional Officers and Jailers 7,890 $34,370
Computer Workers 4,050 $66,600

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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