Criminal Justice Studies at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UNLV Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

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

UNLV Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at UNLV is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice studies, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminal Justice Studies Student Demographics at UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	133
White	85
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

UNLV Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of criminal justice studies master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice studies master's degree from UNLV, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a master's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Police and Detective Supervisors	920	$101,690
Correctional Officer Supervisors	300	$84,480
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	160	$51,750

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 Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.