Criminal Justice & Corrections at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

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.

WIU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

WIU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at WIU 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at WIU 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	44
White	113
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

WIU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from WIU, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at Western Illinois University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice	305

Related Majors

• Other Homeland Security
• Fire Protection

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors	53,280	$81,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	30,370	$75,720
Correctional Officers and Jailers	14,050	$62,440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	13,910	$56,100

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.