Criminal Justice Studies at Salem 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 Salem University stacks up to those at other schools.

Salem is located in Salem, West Virginia and approximately 1,008 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.

Salem Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Salem

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Salem offers distance education options for criminal justice studies at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Salem Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Salem 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 Salem

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

Salem Criminal Justice Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice studies associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice studies only graduates about 41% men each year. The program at Salem may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice studies at Salem are white. Around 63% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Salem Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 Salem since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at Salem 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 Salem University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Salem Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice studies master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in criminal justice studies each year. Salem does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a criminal justice studies master's degree from Salem, 75% 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 Salem University with a master's in criminal justice studies.

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

Related Majors

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 WV, the home state for Salem University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Police and Detective Supervisors	240	$66,840
Correctional Officer Supervisors	150	$61,000
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	70	$43,400

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.