Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Northern Colorado

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

University of Northern Colorado is located in Greeley, Colorado and has a total student population of 11,460. 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.

University of Northern Colorado Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at University of Northern Colorado

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

University of Northern Colorado Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at University of Northern Colorado

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

University of Northern Colorado Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

The criminal justice program at University of Northern Colorado awarded 9 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 CO, the home state for University of Northern Colorado.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Accountants and Auditors	36,290	$82,320
Computer Workers	16,440	$102,470
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	9,840	$72,950
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Correctional Officers and Jailers	6,990	$50,620

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 LUSportsFan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.