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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Olivet College

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Olivet College

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

Olivet is located in Olivet, Michigan and approximately 1,023 students attend the school each year. Of the 189 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Olivet College in 2021, 35 of them were criminal justice and corrections majors.

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.

Olivet Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Olivet

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Olivet does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Olivet Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at Olivet compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at Olivet 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
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 70
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 137
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 162
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 181
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Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 331
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 348
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 380
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 694

Earnings of Olivet Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Olivet is $35,640. This is 4% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Olivet

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Olivet College.

Olivet Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from Olivet. Of these graduates, 69% were men and 31% were women.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Olivet 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 Olivet College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 27
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Olivet 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 MI, the home state for Olivet College.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Accountants and Auditors 33,610 $74,370
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 16,270 $56,270
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 13,790 $50,620
Computer Workers 10,900 $76,400
Correctional Officers and Jailers 9,100 $51,890

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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