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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Dubuque

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Dubuque

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

UD is located in Dubuque, Iowa and has a total student population of 2,180. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UD.

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.

UD Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UD Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how UD performed in these rankings.

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 UD 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
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 138
166
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 182
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 339
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 412
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 460
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 747

Earnings of UD Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UD is $37,107. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

39% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UD. About 39% of these graduates were women and the other 61% were men.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UD 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 Dubuque with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

UD 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 IA, the home state for University of Dubuque.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Accountants and Auditors 9,600 $67,030
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 4,860 $58,340
Correctional Officers and Jailers 3,030 $50,750
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 2,930 $44,720
Managers 2,880 $101,360

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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