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Criminal Justice at Virginia Commonwealth University

Criminal Justice at Virginia Commonwealth University

Every criminal justice school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at Virginia Commonwealth University stacks up to those at other schools.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

VCU Criminal Justice Degrees Available

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

VCU Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at VCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 11
Black or African American 51
Hispanic or Latino 48
White 94
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 28

VCU Criminal Justice Master’s Program

63% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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

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

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Managers 17,280 $134,500
Police and Detective Supervisors 3,000 $94,120

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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