Criminal Justice & Corrections at California University of Pennsylvania

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at California University of Pennsylvania. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal U is located in California, Pennsylvania and approximately 6,885 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 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.

Cal U Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Doctorate Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Cal U

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.

Cal U does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Cal U Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Cal U

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

Cal U Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

The criminal justice program at Cal U awarded 32 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 72% going to women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Cal U, 78% 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 California University of Pennsylvania with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 PA, the home state for California University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Accountants and Auditors	51,720	$75,250
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	27,850	$66,600
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	20,160	$43,680
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Correctional Officers and Jailers	16,850	$54,140

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 Wjmoore17 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.