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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Wisconsin - Parkside

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Wisconsin - Parkside

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

UW - Parkside is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and approximately 4,452 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UW - Parkside.

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.

UW - Parkside Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UW - Parkside Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

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 UW - Parkside 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools 210
236
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 274
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 291

Earnings of UW - Parkside Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - Parkside is $35,042. This is 3% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UW - Parkside

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

UW - Parkside Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UW - Parkside. About 64% of these graduates were women and the other 36% were men.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UW - Parkside 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 Wisconsin - Parkside with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 27
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UW - Parkside 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Parkside.

Occupation Jobs in WI Average Salary in WI
Accountants and Auditors 22,610 $68,410
Managers 12,400 $85,050
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,260 $62,040
Correctional Officers and Jailers 6,870 $44,230
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 3,920 $48,440

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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