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Criminal Justice & Corrections at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WCUPA is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and approximately 17,719 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 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.

WCUPA Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

WCUPA Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at WCUPA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

WCUPA Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

78% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at WCUPA awarded 18 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from WCUPA, 67% 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a master's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 PA, the home state for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Accountants and Auditors 51,720 $75,250
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 27,850 $66,600
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 20,160 $43,680
Computer Workers 19,010 $87,040
Correctional Officers and Jailers 16,850 $54,140

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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