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Criminal Justice & Corrections at San Diego State University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University in 2021, 391 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.

SDSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

SDSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how SDSU 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 SDSU 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
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools 19
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 30
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 803

Earnings of SDSU Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $31,547. 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 SDSU

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

SDSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

59% Women
77% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 391 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from SDSU. About 59% of these graduates were women and the other 41% were men.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 24
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 253
White 71
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 30

SDSU 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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Accountants and Auditors 148,600 $84,430
Computer Workers 74,690 $103,270
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 72,680 $101,380
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Correctional Officers and Jailers 34,980 $75,400

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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