Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Hartford

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

UHart is located in West Hartford, Connecticut and approximately 6,493 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 17 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from UHart.

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.

UHart Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UHart Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at UHart 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 Schools	718
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	944
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	1,606

Earnings of UHart Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UHart is $33,691. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UHart

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

UHart Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UHart. About 65% were men and 35% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

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 CT, the home state for University of Hartford.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Accountants and Auditors	14,550	$84,890
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	6,450	$71,920
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	5,370	$69,520
Correctional Officers and Jailers	3,610	$54,420

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 Sage Ross under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.