Criminal Justice Schools

As a professor or instructor of criminal justice classes at one of the 2,164 accredited criminal justice schools in the country, you play a valuable role in shaping the future of this growing field. The trends in the criminal justice academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below, which includes criminal justice training at the following levels:

  • Criminal Justice Certificate
  • Associates degree in Criminal Justice
  • Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice
  • Masters degree in Criminal Justice
  • PhD degree in Criminal Justice

Statistics

Professional Trends

National Employment growth for Criminal justice professionals

1,842,560 1,901,760 1,922,760 1,926,320 1,872,070
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  • Dark Yellow: Actual Values

1,872,070 criminal justice professionals were working in the US in the year 2010. Over the course of the past 4 years, this number has grown by 2%.

And the growth for all careers between the years 2006 and 2010 was 1%. Over the next 7 years, this trend is expected to contine.

National Salary percentiles for Criminal justice professionals

10th percentile		 $27,539
25th percentile		 $34,350
50th percentile		 $44,890
75th percentile		 $59,229
90th percentile		 $74,936

In 2010, the median salary earned by criminal justice professionals around the nation, was $44,890 per year. This is 29% less than the national median salary for all professions, which was $68,155 per year.

National Median Salary Growth For Criminal Justice

$38,749 $40,364 $41,531 $42,669 $44,890
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  • Light Blue: Salaries

Between the years 2006 and 2010, salaries for criminal justice professionals have grown by 16%.

Educational Trends

National Criminal Justice Student enrollment growth by degree

22,642 24,266 25,994 29,989 29,456
62,338 66,892 69,587 73,965 41,542
126 144 139 147 103
7,963 8,271 8,995 10,246 5,708
19,495 20,431 20,343 19,932 17,494
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  • Yellow: Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice
  • Blue: Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice
  • Red: Doctorates Degree in Criminal Justice
  • Light blue: Master's Degree in Criminal Justice
  • Grey: Certificate in Criminal Justice

The career outlook for criminal justice professionals is showing a rapid change. However, on the educational front, the story is quite different. In the US, 112,564 students graduated from criminal justice degree programs in 2006. And in 2010, 94,303 students graduated from criminal justice schools.

This represents a 16% change in 4 years. This decline in the number of students graduating from criminal justice courses is greater than the 12% growth nationally for students graduating from institutions of higher learning in general.

Criminal Justice Programs offered Nationwide

associate		 1,432
bachelor		 911
master		 243
doctor		 19
Certificate		 666
Total3,271

As student graduation numbers are down, the number of schools offering criminal justice programs has increased. In 2006 there were 2006 criminal justice schools across the nation, and in 2010, there were 2164 schools.

Criminal Justice Faculty Salaries

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States

  1. Criminal Justice Schools in California190 Schools
  2. Criminal Justice Schools in Ohio122 Schools
  3. Criminal Justice Schools in Texas119 Schools
  4. Criminal Justice Schools in Florida108 Schools
  5. Criminal Justice Schools in Pennsylvania98 Schools
  6. Criminal Justice Schools in New York94 Schools
  7. Criminal Justice Schools in North Carolina94 Schools
  8. Criminal Justice Schools in Illinois90 Schools
  9. Criminal Justice Schools in Georgia71 Schools
  10. Criminal Justice Schools in Virginia66 Schools
  11. Criminal Justice Schools in Indiana61 Schools
  12. Criminal Justice Schools in Michigan60 Schools
  13. Criminal Justice Schools in Missouri59 Schools
  14. Criminal Justice Schools in Minnesota53 Schools
  15. Criminal Justice Schools in Massachusetts49 Schools
  16. Criminal Justice Schools in Wisconsin47 Schools
  17. Criminal Justice Schools in Tennessee46 Schools
  18. Criminal Justice Schools in Kentucky44 Schools
  19. Criminal Justice Schools in South Carolina42 Schools
  20. Criminal Justice Schools in Oklahoma41 Schools
  21. Criminal Justice Schools in New Jersey41 Schools
  22. Criminal Justice Schools in Arizona40 Schools
  23. Criminal Justice Schools in Colorado36 Schools
  24. Criminal Justice Schools in Alabama36 Schools
  25. Criminal Justice Schools in Louisiana35 Schools
  26. Criminal Justice Schools in Arkansas35 Schools
  27. Criminal Justice Schools in Iowa34 Schools
  28. Criminal Justice Schools in Kansas33 Schools
  29. Criminal Justice Schools in Washington State31 Schools
  30. Criminal Justice Schools in New Mexico28 Schools
  31. Criminal Justice Schools in Maryland25 Schools
  32. Criminal Justice Schools in Connecticut23 Schools
  33. Criminal Justice Schools in West Virginia22 Schools
  34. Criminal Justice Schools in Oregon21 Schools
  35. Criminal Justice Schools in Mississippi20 Schools
  36. Criminal Justice Schools in Utah19 Schools
  37. Criminal Justice Schools in Nebraska15 Schools
  38. Criminal Justice Schools in South Dakota13 Schools
  39. Criminal Justice Schools in Nevada12 Schools
  40. Criminal Justice Schools in New Hampshire11 Schools
  41. Criminal Justice Schools in North Dakota10 Schools
  42. Criminal Justice Schools in Maine10 Schools
  43. Criminal Justice Schools in Hawaii9 Schools
  44. Criminal Justice Schools in Idaho9 Schools
  45. Criminal Justice Schools in Wyoming8 Schools
  46. Criminal Justice Schools in Rhode Island7 Schools
  47. Criminal Justice Schools in Washington DC7 Schools
  48. Criminal Justice Schools in Vermont6 Schools
  49. Criminal Justice Schools in Delaware5 Schools
  50. Criminal Justice Schools in Montana5 Schools
  51. Criminal Justice Schools in Alaska3 Schools

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