Criminal Justice & Corrections at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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

UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 24,565 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 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.

UWM Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UWM Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UWM

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

UWM Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 4 criminal justice students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UWM, about 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in criminal justice each year. UWM does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from UWM, 75% 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 Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a master's in criminal justice.

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

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Accountants and Auditors	22,610	$68,410
Managers	12,400	$85,050
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,260	$62,040
Correctional Officers and Jailers	6,870	$44,230
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,920	$48,440

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 Freekee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.