Criminal Justice & Corrections at Seattle University

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

Seattle U is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 7,050 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Seattle U.

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.

Seattle U Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Seattle U Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how Seattle U 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 Seattle U 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 Master’s Degree Schools	42
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	47
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	468
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	586

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from Seattle U. This makes it the #42 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from Seattle U Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Seattle U is $34,668. This is 2% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Seattle U

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

Seattle U Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from Seattle U in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Seattle University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Seattle U Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 39 criminal justice students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Seattle U, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Seattle U, 51% 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 Seattle University with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Seattle U also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology

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 WA, the home state for Seattle University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Accountants and Auditors	32,870	$78,970
Computer Workers	13,100	$91,620
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	9,670	$77,670
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	7,590	$51,990

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.