Criminal Justice & Corrections at Delaware Valley University

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

DelVal is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,303 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 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.

DelVal Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at DelVal

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, DelVal does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

DelVal Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at DelVal

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

DelVal Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in criminal justice each year. DelVal does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from DelVal, 67% 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 Delaware Valley University with a master's in criminal justice.

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

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 PA, the home state for Delaware Valley University.

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 Delaware Valley University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.