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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Arkansas

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Arkansas

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if University of Arkansas is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and approximately 27,562 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 104 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from UARK.

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.

UARK Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UARK Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at UARK 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.

Earnings of UARK Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UARK is $28,884. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UARK

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

UARK Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at UARK awarded 104 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 36% of these degrees went to men with the other 64% going to women.

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About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UARK 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 University of Arkansas with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 64
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

UARK 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.

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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