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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of South Alabama

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of South Alabama

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if University of South Alabama is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

USA is located in Mobile, Alabama and approximately 14,224 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from USA.

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.

USA Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

USA Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at USA 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
679
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 1,488

Earnings of USA Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at USA is $31,211. 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 USA

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

USA Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at USA awarded 47 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 45% of these degrees went to men with the other 55% going to women.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at USA 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 South Alabama with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 28
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

USA 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 AL, the home state for University of South Alabama.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Accountants and Auditors 15,720 $70,310
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,410 $45,930
Correctional Officers and Jailers 4,680 $36,760
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 3,460 $40,710
Managers 2,110 $106,680

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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