Criminal Justice & Corrections at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

If you plan to study criminal justice & corrections, take a look at what Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year.

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

SIUE Criminal Justice & Corrections 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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women.

About 66% 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	17
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	55
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SIUE Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from SIUE, 58% 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 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	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies	94

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

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