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Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year.

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

SIUE Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies
  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at SIUE

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, SIUE does offer online courses in criminal justice studies for the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

SIUE Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

Criminal Justice Studies Student Demographics at SIUE

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

SIUE Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Program

58% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of criminal justice studies master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice studies master's degree from SIUE, 58% 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a master's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Police and Detective Supervisors 6,000 $104,990
Correctional Officer Supervisors 1,970 $86,840
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 600 $62,280

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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