Criminal Justice & Corrections at Southern New Hampshire University

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

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 134,345. In 2021, 679 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from SNHU.

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.

SNHU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at SNHU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Associate’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SNHU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at SNHU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at SNHU 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 Associate Degree Schools	7
	72
	119
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Basic Certificate Schools	147
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Basic Certificate Schools	156
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	508
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools	629

In 2021, 222 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from SNHU. This makes it the #3 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SNHU Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at SNHU is $40,917. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at SNHU

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

SNHU Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at SNHU are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	62
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	176
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

SNHU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 679 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from SNHU. About 42% were men and 58% were women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at SNHU 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 New Hampshire University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	83
Hispanic or Latino	95
White	439
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

SNHU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 222 criminal justice majors earned their master's degree from SNHU. Of these graduates, 37% were men and 63% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from SNHU, 59% 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 New Hampshire University with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	53
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	131
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

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

Related Majors

• Homeland Security

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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Accountants and Auditors	5,300	$72,690
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	3,100	$58,120
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,110	$47,860
Computer Workers	1,010	$112,440
Managers	950	$123,580

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 Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.