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Criminal Justice Studies at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Criminal Justice Studies at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

If you plan to study criminal justice studies, 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 has a total student population of 11,447.

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.

NSU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, NSU does offer online courses in criminal justice studies for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

NSU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at NSU 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 NSU

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

NSU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

72% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of criminal justice studies 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 studies 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 studies.

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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

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

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Police and Detective Supervisors 2,310 $62,650
Correctional Officer Supervisors 1,300 $53,180

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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