Criminal Justice & Corrections at Rhode Island College

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

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 7,072.

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.

RIC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

RIC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at RIC 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 RIC

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

RIC Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at RIC 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 Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	27
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

RIC Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhode Island College with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rhode Island College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies	74

Related Majors

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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Accountants and Auditors	4,420	$81,090
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	1,850	$60,890
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,770	$61,440
Computer Workers	1,410	$81,290
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,070	$68,710

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.