Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 12,380 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 162 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from UCCS.

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.

UCCS Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

UCCS Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at UCCS compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at UCCS 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
	22
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	78
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	118
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	356

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from UCCS. This makes it the #78 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UCCS Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCCS is $33,239. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 162 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UCCS. About 36% were men and 64% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UCCS 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 Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	110
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UCCS Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 21 students who graduated with a master’s in criminal justice from UCCS in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from UCCS, 62% 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 Colorado at Colorado Springs with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCCS also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Homeland Security

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Accountants and Auditors	36,290	$82,320
Computer Workers	16,440	$102,470
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	9,840	$72,950
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Correctional Officers and Jailers	6,990	$50,620

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
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.