Criminal Justice at Salem State University

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

Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and approximately 7,242 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

Salem State Criminal Justice Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Salem State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Salem State does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Salem State Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at Salem State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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 Salem State

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

Salem State Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Salem State 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 State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	38
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Salem State Criminal Justice Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

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 MA, the home state for Salem State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Police and Detective Supervisors	4,670	$100,620
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	370	$75,080

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 Fletcher6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.