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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Maryland Global Campus

Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526.

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.

UMGC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UMGC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at UMGC 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UMGC

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

UMGC Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

48% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 52% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Global Campus with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 14
Black or African American 89
Hispanic or Latino 65
White 131
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 48

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maryland Global Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies 367

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 Global Campus.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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