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Criminal Justice & Corrections at The College of New Jersey

Criminal Justice & Corrections at The College of New Jersey

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

TCNJ is located in Ewing, New Jersey and approximately 7,783 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.

TCNJ Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

TCNJ Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at TCNJ 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 TCNJ

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

TCNJ Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at TCNJ 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 The College of New Jersey with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 41
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at The College of New Jersey. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The College of New Jersey. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice 56

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 NJ, the home state for The College of New Jersey.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Accountants and Auditors 37,370 $90,400
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 19,950 $83,720
Managers 18,370 $138,820
Correctional Officers and Jailers 11,240 $70,280
Computer Workers 9,770 $99,210

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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