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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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

UAPB is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and has a total student population of 2,668. Of the 364 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in 2021, 25 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.

UAPB Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UAPB Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at UAPB 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 UAPB 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
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Undergraduate Certificate Schools 265
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 419
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Basic Certificate Schools 442
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 530
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Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 749
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 952

Earnings of UAPB Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAPB is $31,246. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UAPB

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

UAPB Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% 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 of Arkansas at Pine Bluff with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 22
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

UAPB 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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Occupation Jobs in AR Average Salary in AR
Accountants and Auditors 7,270 $67,700
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 6,030 $39,560
Correctional Officers and Jailers 5,500 $34,120
Managers 3,360 $86,410
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,760 $55,310

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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