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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Illinois State University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Illinois State University

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and approximately 20,720 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 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.

Illinois State Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Illinois State Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Illinois State

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

Illinois State Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

86% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 14 students who earned a master's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from Illinois State in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Illinois State, 57% 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 Illinois State University with a master's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 8
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 IL, the home state for Illinois State University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Accountants and Auditors 53,280 $81,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 30,370 $75,720
Correctional Officers and Jailers 14,050 $62,440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 13,910 $56,100

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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