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Criminal Justice Studies at Virginia Wesleyan University

Criminal Justice Studies at Virginia Wesleyan University

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

VWU is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,347.

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

VWU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

VWU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at VWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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 Studies Student Demographics at VWU

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

VWU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at VWU 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 Virginia Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies 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 Wesleyan University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Police and Detective Supervisors 3,000 $94,120
Correctional Officer Supervisors 2,420 $56,430

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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