Criminal Justice & Corrections at Southern University at New Orleans

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

SUNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 2,264. Of the 238 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern University at New Orleans in 2021, 19 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.

SUNO Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SUNO

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

SUNO Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at SUNO 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	50
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	82
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	216
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	229
	231
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	246
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	247
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	559
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	589
	599
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	770
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	914
	918

In 2021, 33 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from SUNO. This makes it the #50 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SUNO Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNO is $26,248. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at SUNO

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

SUNO Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from SUNO in 2021, 16% were men and 84% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Southern University at New Orleans with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SUNO Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 33 students who earned a master's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from SUNO in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 88% of degree recipients. That is 37% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SUNO 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 LA, the home state for Southern University at New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,810	$41,550
Accountants and Auditors	10,390	$66,860
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Correctional Officers and Jailers	7,890	$34,370
Computer Workers	4,050	$66,600

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 Augustus06 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.