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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Union County College

Criminal Justice & Corrections at Union County College

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

Union County College is located in Cranford, New Jersey and has a total student population of 8,298.

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.

Union County College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Undergrad Certificate in Criminal Justice (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Union County College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Union County College

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

Union County College Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

63% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 37% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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Union County College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 22
Hispanic or Latino 24
White 7
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Union County College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice 82

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 Union County College.

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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