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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Excelsior College

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Excelsior College

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if Excelsior College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and approximately 21,974 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 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.

Excelsior College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

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

Excelsior College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

56% Women
78% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in criminal justice each year. Excelsior College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 78% of degree recipients. That is 35% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NY, the home state for Excelsior College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors 110,780 $96,300
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 53,560 $74,860
Correctional Officers and Jailers 35,460 $64,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 28,530 $58,050
Managers 16,600 $124,160

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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