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Criminal Justice Studies at Peru State College

Criminal Justice Studies at Peru State College

If you are interested in studying criminal justice studies, you may want to check out the program at Peru State College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Peru State is located in Peru, Nebraska and approximately 1,902 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.

Peru State Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Peru State

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Peru State Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Peru State 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 Peru State

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

Peru State Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at Peru State since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at Peru State 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 Peru State College with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 26
International Students 0
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 NE, the home state for Peru State College.

Occupation Jobs in NE Average Salary in NE
Police and Detective Supervisors 590 $81,760
Correctional Officer Supervisors 400 $55,690
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 100 $58,110

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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