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Criminal Justice Studies at William Paterson University of New Jersey

Criminal Justice Studies at William Paterson University of New Jersey

If you plan to study criminal justice studies, take a look at what William Paterson University of New Jersey has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

William Paterson University is located in Wayne, New Jersey and approximately 9,635 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.

William Paterson University Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

William Paterson University Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at William Paterson University 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 William Paterson University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at William Paterson University of New Jersey.

William Paterson University Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

41% Women
64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 59% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical criminal justice studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at William Paterson University since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from William Paterson University of New Jersey with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 28
Hispanic or Latino 42
White 41
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 NJ, the home state for William Paterson University of New Jersey.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Police and Detective Supervisors 5,650 $130,490
Correctional Officer Supervisors 630 $105,690
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 470 $87,300

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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