Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Wisconsin - Platteville

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

UW - Platteville is located in Platteville, Wisconsin and approximately 7,547 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,493 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Platteville in 2021, 112 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.

UW - Platteville Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at UW - Platteville

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

UW - Platteville does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UW - Platteville Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at UW - Platteville 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 Master’s Degree Schools	12
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	37
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	173

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from UW - Platteville. This makes it the #42 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UW - Platteville Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - Platteville is $35,834. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UW - Platteville

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

UW - Platteville Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UW - Platteville 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 - Platteville with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	93
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UW - Platteville Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students graduated with a master's degree in criminal justice from UW - Platteville. About 44% were men and 56% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from UW - Platteville, 85% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Wisconsin - Platteville with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UW - Platteville also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology

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 - Platteville.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By James Steakley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.