Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 71,881. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 87 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.

UCF Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice
• Doctorate Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

UCF does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UCF Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 87 students who graduated with a master’s in criminal justice from UCF in 2021, 28% were men and 72% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from UCF, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology
• Homeland Security

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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Accountants and Auditors	71,940	$71,790
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	37,650	$59,610
Correctional Officers and Jailers	33,060	$43,410
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Computer Workers	11,060	$78,900

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.