Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Every criminal justice and 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 Maryland Eastern Shore stacks up to those at other schools.

UMES is located in Princess Anne, Maryland and approximately 2,646 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 56 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from UMES.

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.

UMES Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UMES Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

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 UMES 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	136
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	239
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	322
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	441
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	625
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	626

Earnings of UMES Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMES is $28,721. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UMES

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

UMES Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 56 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UMES, about 34% were men and 66% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 Maryland Eastern Shore with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	48
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UMES 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Accountants and Auditors	25,020	$82,610
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	12,650	$68,230
Correctional Officers and Jailers	6,780	$49,220

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.