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Criminal Justice Studies at Western Michigan University

Criminal Justice Studies at Western Michigan University

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice studies school? To help you decide if Western Michigan University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice studies program.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 students attend the school each year.

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.

WMU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

WMU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at WMU 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 WMU

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

WMU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at WMU 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 Michigan University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 18
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 44
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Police and Detective Supervisors 2,380 $80,060
Correctional Officer Supervisors 970 $67,330
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 430 $79,490

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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