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Undergraduate Certificate in Criminal Justice

Undergraduate Certificates in Criminal Justice

732 Yearly Graduations
27% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were male, and 43 were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.3% of criminal justice graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Criminal Justice Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 732 people earned their undergraduate certificate in criminal justice. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in criminal justice at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 13,153
Associate Degree 8,845
Master’s Degree 2,651
Basic Certificate 2,408
Undergraduate Certificate 732
Graduate Certificate 115
Doctor’s Degree 84

Earnings of Criminal Justice Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for criminal justice majors with their undergraduate certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

The data on debt ranges for criminal justice majors who have their undergraduate certificate is not available.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue undergraduate certificates in criminal justice. About 73.4% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 537
Women 195
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The racial-ethnic distribution of criminal justice undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 32
Black or African American 27
Hispanic or Latino 228
White 350
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 93
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to criminal justice that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Police Science 2,753
Criminal Justice Studies 1,354
Security & Loss Prevention Services 257
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice 127
Securities Services Management 57

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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