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Criminal Justice and Corrections, General Major

Criminal Justice and Corrections, General

777 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
33 Master's Degrees Annually
#288 in Popularity

Types of Degrees Criminal Justice and Corrections, General Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many criminal justice and corrections, general graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level Number of Grads
Associate Degree 816
Bachelor’s Degree 768
Basic Certificate 374
Master’s Degree 36
Graduate Certificate 6

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and Corrections, General?

768 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
62% Percent Women
45% Percent Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This major is dominated by women with about 62% of recent graduates being female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of criminal justice and corrections, general majors is as follows:

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 22
Black or African American 145
Hispanic or Latino 133
White 312
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 152

Geographic Diversity

Students from other countries are interested in Criminal Justice and Corrections, General, too. About 0.5% of those with this major are international students.

Online Criminal Justice and Corrections, General Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level Colleges Offering Programs Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year) 0 0
Certificate (1-2 years) 0 0
Certificate (2-4 Years) 1 0
Associate’s Degree 22 7
Bachelor’s Degree 2 0
Post-Baccalaureate 0 0
Master’s Degree 5 1
Post-Master’s 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Research) 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice) 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Other) 0 0

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to criminal justice and corrections, general.

Major Number of Grads
Criminal Justice Studies 44,029
Criminal Justice 27,988
Criminal Justice & Police Science 20,024
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice 4,118
Corrections 3,449
Securities Services Administration/Management 696
Security & Loss Prevention Services 500
Law Enforcement Investigation & Interviewing 269
Corrections Administration 104
Protective Services Operations 57
Juvenile Corrections 56
Critical Incident Response/Special Police Operations 12

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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