Criminal Justice at University of Virginia - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if University of Virginia - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and has a total student population of 25,628.

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.

University of Virginia Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at University of Virginia

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 Virginia offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

University of Virginia Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at University of Virginia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at University of Virginia - Main Campus.

University of Virginia Criminal Justice Master’s Program

13% Women

19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 13% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in criminal justice each year. University of Virginia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 43% more men than average.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from University of Virginia, 78% 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 Virginia - Main Campus with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	56
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Criminal Justice & Police Science

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 VA, the home state for University of Virginia - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Police and Detective Supervisors	3,000	$94,120

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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