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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Wheeling University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and has a total student population of 857. Of the 85 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wheeling University in 2021, 9 of them were criminal justice and corrections majors.

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.

Wheeling University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Wheeling University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at Wheeling University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at Wheeling University 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 322
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 681
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 698
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 1,418

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 9 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Wheeling University, about 67% were men and 33% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Wheeling University 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 Wheeling University.

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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