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Criminal Justice at University of Central Oklahoma

Criminal Justice at University of Central Oklahoma

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

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and approximately 14,132 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.

UCO Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UCO Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at UCO is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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 UCO

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

UCO Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

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

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About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UCO 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 Central Oklahoma with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

UCO Criminal Justice Master’s Program

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from UCO, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation Jobs in OK Average Salary in OK
Police and Detective Supervisors 2,350 $72,830
Managers 1,780 $102,710
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 60 $53,090

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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