Criminal Justice & Corrections at Winston - Salem State University

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

WSSU is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 5,169 students attend the school each year. Of the 991 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Winston - Salem State University in 2021, 35 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.

WSSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

WSSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at WSSU 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	449
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	557
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	676
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	817
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	966

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from WSSU Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at WSSU is $25,515. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at WSSU

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

WSSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from WSSU in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 Winston - Salem State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

WSSU also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 NC, the home state for Winston - Salem State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Accountants and Auditors	33,020	$76,880
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	22,350	$48,420
Correctional Officers and Jailers	15,720	$38,500
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	11,610	$46,990

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 Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.