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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Southwestern College

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at Southwestern College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SC is located in Winfield, Kansas and approximately 1,413 students attend the school each year. Of the 428 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern College in 2021, 44 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.

SC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SC

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SC does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

SC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at SC 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 SC 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
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools 3
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools 12
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools 23
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools 210
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 392

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from SC. This makes it the #211 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from SC Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at SC is $50,283. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 47% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at SC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Southwestern College.

SC Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

14% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 86% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southwestern College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

SC Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

20% Women
The criminal justice program at SC awarded 5 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 80% of these degrees went to men with the other 20% going to women.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from SC, 80% 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 Southwestern College with a master's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 KS, the home state for Southwestern College.

Occupation Jobs in KS Average Salary in KS
Accountants and Auditors 12,320 $66,530
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 5,920 $48,350
Correctional Officers and Jailers 3,470 $36,550
Managers 2,420 $102,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 2,190 $42,510

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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