Criminal Justice & Corrections at Rowan University

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

Rowan is located in Glassboro, New Jersey and approximately 19,678 students attend the school each year.

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.

Rowan Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Rowan Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Rowan 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 Rowan

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

Rowan Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Rowan 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 Rowan University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	142
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Rowan Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Rowan, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rowan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Police Science	288
Criminal Justice Studies	8

Related Majors

• Homeland Security

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 NJ, the home state for Rowan University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Accountants and Auditors	37,370	$90,400
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	19,950	$83,720
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Correctional Officers and Jailers	11,240	$70,280
Computer Workers	9,770	$99,210

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 Wasted Time R under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.