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Criminal Justice & Corrections at West Virginia Wesleyan College

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at West Virginia Wesleyan College

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

West Virginia Wesleyan is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia and has a total student population of 1,066. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from West Virginia Wesleyan.

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.

West Virginia Wesleyan Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

West Virginia Wesleyan Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at West Virginia Wesleyan 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
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 103
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 274

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at West Virginia Wesleyan

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

West Virginia Wesleyan Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

59% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 22 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from West Virginia Wesleyan, about 41% were men and 59% were women.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at West Virginia Wesleyan 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 West Virginia Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

West Virginia Wesleyan 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Accountants and Auditors 3,840 $68,160
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 3,460 $43,590
Correctional Officers and Jailers 3,030 $36,960
Computer Workers 2,380 $83,660
Managers 1,880 $77,290

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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