Criminal Justice at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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

UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and approximately 6,813 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

UAF Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at UAF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

Master’s Degree

UAF Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UAF

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

UAF Criminal Justice Master’s Program

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in criminal justice each year. UAF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 55% more men than average.

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

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

Other Corrections & Criminal Justice

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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Managers	1,410	$118,650
Police and Detective Supervisors	300	$112,910

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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