Criminal Justice & Corrections at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,308 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2021, 92 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.

SIUE Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SIUE

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SIUE offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SIUE Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how SIUE 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 SIUE 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 Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	319

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from SIUE. This makes it the #256 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SIUE Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUE is $33,961. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at SIUE

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

SIUE Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 92 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from SIUE in 2021, 46% were men and 54% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at SIUE 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	58
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SIUE Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a master’s in criminal justice from SIUE in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 49% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	30,370	$75,720
Correctional Officers and Jailers	14,050	$62,440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	13,910	$56,100

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.