Criminal Justice Studies at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

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

Ship is located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 6,130 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.

Ship Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

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

Ship Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Ship 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 Ship

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

Ship Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% 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 Ship since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at Ship 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Ship 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. Ship 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 Ship, 83% 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania 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	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Juvenile Corrections

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 PA, the home state for Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Police and Detective Supervisors	3,350	$92,170
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	760	$83,960

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 Cgboeree under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.