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Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Wyoming

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at University of Wyoming. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 103 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UW.

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 Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UW Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

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 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 161
260
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 342

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from UW Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW is $36,926. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UW

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

UW Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 103 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UW, about 45% were men and 55% were women.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 75
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

UW 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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation Jobs in WY Average Salary in WY
Accountants and Auditors 1,810 $66,180
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 1,130 $55,050
Correctional Officers and Jailers 830 $42,290
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 770 $50,200
Managers 770 $100,310

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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