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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of North Florida

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what University of North Florida has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNF is located in Jacksonville, Florida and approximately 16,926 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,573 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Florida in 2021, 200 of them were criminal justice and corrections majors.

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.

UNF Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

UNF Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at UNF compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UNF 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 Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 91
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 449

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from UNF. This makes it the #82 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UNF Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNF is $31,663. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UNF

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

UNF Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

61% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 200 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNF, about 40% were men and 61% were women.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UNF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 23
Hispanic or Latino 30
White 125
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

UNF Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

70% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at UNF awarded 20 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 9
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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

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 FL, the home state for University of North Florida.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Accountants and Auditors 71,940 $71,790
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 37,650 $59,610
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33,060 $43,410
Managers 23,160 $99,240
Computer Workers 11,060 $78,900

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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