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Criminal Justice at West Virginia State University

Criminal Justice at West Virginia State 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 West Virginia State University stacks up to those at other schools.

WVSU is located in Institute, West Virginia and has a total student population of 3,638.

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.

WVSU Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

WVSU Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at WVSU

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

WVSU Criminal Justice Master’s Program

56% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

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

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

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia State University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Managers 1,880 $77,290
Police and Detective Supervisors 240 $66,840
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 70 $43,400

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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