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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of South Carolina - Lancaster

Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of South Carolina - Lancaster

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

USC Lancaster is located in Lancaster, South Carolina and approximately 1,810 students attend the school each year.

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.

USC Lancaster Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

USC Lancaster Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at USC Lancaster

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

USC Lancaster Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

54% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 46% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at USC Lancaster are white. Around 77% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Carolina - Lancaster with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at University of South Carolina - Lancaster. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Carolina - Lancaster. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice 11

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Lancaster.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
Accountants and Auditors 14,890 $64,750
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,180 $42,280
Correctional Officers and Jailers 6,200 $37,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 3,320 $38,930
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,770 $61,160

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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