Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UGA.

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.

UGA Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UGA Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at UGA 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 UGA 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 Schools	1,661

Earnings of UGA Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UGA is $38,066. This is 12% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 85 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from UGA in 2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UGA 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 Georgia with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	56
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UGA 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Accountants and Auditors	37,200	$75,930
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	22,410	$42,990
Computer Workers	21,500	$90,140
Correctional Officers and Jailers	15,500	$34,290
Managers	14,480	$118,060

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 Pruddle under License

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