Criminal Justice & Corrections at American Public University System

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what American Public University System has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

American Military University is located in Charles Town, West Virginia and approximately 50,047 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 148 students received their master's degree in criminal justice.

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.

American Military University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at American Military University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? American Military University offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

American Military University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at American Military University

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

American Military University Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 148 criminal justice students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from American Military University, about 58% were men and 42% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in criminal justice each year. American Military University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from American Military University, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	82
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Related Majors

• Homeland Security

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 American Public University System.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.