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Criminal Justice & Corrections at San Francisco State University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at San Francisco State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and has a total student population of 27,349. Of the 6,627 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University in 2021, 233 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.

SFSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

SFSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how SFSU 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 SFSU 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 Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 82

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from SFSU Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFSU is $37,329. This is 9% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 233 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from SFSU in 2021, 42% were men and 58% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Francisco State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 36
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 125
White 26
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 26

SFSU 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 Francisco 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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