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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of the Incarnate Word

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of the Incarnate Word

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

UIW is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 7,917 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,054 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of the Incarnate Word in 2021, 40 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.

UIW Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at UIW

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UIW offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

UIW Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at UIW 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 UIW 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
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 291
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 293
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 618
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Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 692
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 783

Earnings of UIW Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIW is $31,199. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UIW

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

UIW Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

48% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UIW. About 48% of these graduates were women and the other 53% were men.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 24
White 5
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

UIW 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 TX, the home state for University of the Incarnate Word.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Accountants and Auditors 115,270 $80,200
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 60,260 $61,870
Computer Workers 25,620 $90,290
Managers 20,710 $122,130
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 19,510 $48,920

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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