Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Illinois at Chicago

Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Illinois at Chicago

Every criminal justice & corrections school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at University of Illinois at Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year.

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.

UIC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

UIC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at UIC 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
72% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

undefined

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 16
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 128
White 54
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

UIC Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

86% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

undefined

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at University of Illinois at Chicago. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Illinois at Chicago. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies 203

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors 53,280 $81,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 30,370 $75,720
Correctional Officers and Jailers 14,050 $62,440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 13,910 $56,100

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.