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Criminal Justice Studies at Sacred Heart University

Criminal Justice Studies at Sacred Heart University

Every criminal justice studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice studies program at Sacred Heart University stacks up to those at other schools.

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 9,313 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.

Sacred Heart Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Sacred Heart Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

47% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 53% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% 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 Sacred Heart since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 31
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,900 $97,700
Correctional Officer Supervisors 560 $73,590

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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