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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Roanoke College

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Roanoke College

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if Roanoke College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

Roanoke is located in Salem, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,920. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Roanoke.

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.

Roanoke Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Roanoke Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at Roanoke 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
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 210
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 893
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 1,139

Earnings of Roanoke Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Roanoke is $35,311. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Roanoke

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

Roanoke Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from Roanoke. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

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About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Roanoke 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 VA, the home state for Roanoke College.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Accountants and Auditors 41,230 $85,640
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 18,080 $56,710
Managers 17,280 $134,500
Correctional Officers and Jailers 14,910 $41,860
Computer Workers 14,580 $105,270

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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