Criminal Justice at University of San Diego

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

USD is located in San Diego, California and approximately 8,861 students attend the school each year.

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

USD Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at USD

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, USD does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

USD Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Criminal Justice Master’s Program

22% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in criminal justice each year. USD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 33% more men than average.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from USD, 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 University of San Diego with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	78
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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 CA, the home state for University of San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Police and Detective Supervisors	4,950	$154,430
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,260	$111,240

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
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