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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of South Carolina - Upstate

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of South Carolina - Upstate

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

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and has a total student population of 6,038. In 2021, 66 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from USC Upstate.

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 Upstate Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

USC Upstate Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how USC Upstate performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at USC Upstate 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 Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 230
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 351
420
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 495
615
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 661

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from USC Upstate Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC Upstate is $31,958. 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 USC Upstate

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

USC Upstate Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 66 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from USC Upstate in 2020-2021, 27% were men and 73% were women.

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About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at USC Upstate 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 Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 21
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 35
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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

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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