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Criminal Justice at Columbia College

Criminal Justice at Columbia College

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

Columbia College Missouri is located in Columbia, Missouri and approximately 8,347 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia College Missouri Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Columbia College Missouri

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? Columbia College Missouri offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

Columbia College Missouri Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Columbia College Missouri

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Columbia College.

Columbia College Missouri Criminal Justice Master’s Program

50% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in criminal justice each year. Columbia College Missouri does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Columbia College Missouri, 70% 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 Columbia College with a master's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 MO, the home state for Columbia College.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Managers 3,980 $97,820
Police and Detective Supervisors 2,220 $78,750
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 230 $85,710

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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