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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Saint Peter's University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Saint Peter’s University

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what Saint Peter's University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Saint Peter's College is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and approximately 3,197 students attend the school each year. Of the 550 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Peter's University in 2021, 63 of them were criminal justice and corrections majors.

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.

Saint Peter’s College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Saint Peter’s College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how Saint Peter's College performed in these rankings.

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 Saint Peter's College 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
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 122
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 472
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 500
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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 708
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 935

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in criminal justice from Saint Peter’s College. This is the #285 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from Saint Peter's College Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Saint Peter's College is $30,181. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Saint Peter's College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Saint Peter’s University.

Saint Peter’s College Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

59% Women
84% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at Saint Peter's College awarded 63 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 34
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Saint Peter's College 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 NJ, the home state for Saint Peter's 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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