Criminal Justice & Corrections at University at Albany

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

UAlbany is located in Albany, New York and approximately 17,688 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.

UAlbany Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

UAlbany Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at UAlbany 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UAlbany

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

UAlbany Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 University at Albany with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	90
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UAlbany Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	25
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at University at Albany. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University at Albany. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies	199

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology
• 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 NY, the home state for University at Albany.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	53,560	$74,860
Correctional Officers and Jailers	35,460	$64,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	28,530	$58,050
Managers	16,600	$124,160

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
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