Criminal Justice & Corrections at California State University - Sacramento

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

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 32,293 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 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.

Sac State Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Sac State Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in criminal justice from Sac State in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in criminal justice each year. Sac State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Sacramento with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Sacramento.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Accountants and Auditors	148,600	$84,430
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	72,680	$101,380
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Correctional Officers and Jailers	34,980	$75,400

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 Stickpen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.