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Kentucky Wesleyan College BS in Criminal Justice & Corrections

11 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
$24,035 Average Salary
YES Online Classes

The main focus area for this major is Criminal Justice Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Criminal Justice & Corrections is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at Kentucky Wesleyan College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in criminal justice, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Rankings for the Wesleyan BS in Criminal Justice

#949 in the U.S
#9 in Kentucky

In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Wesleyan was ranked #949 on College Factual's Best Schools for criminal justice list. It is also ranked #9 in Kentucky.

Here are some of the other rankings for Wesleyan.

Ranking TypeRank
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools165
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections170
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools281
Most Focused Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections302
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $30-$48k)506
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid)525
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k)533
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections569
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income Over $110k)596
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools601
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k)605
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k)606
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans611
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections655
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates671
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $30-$48k)913
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid)937
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income Over $110k)944
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k)948
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools949
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Veterans977
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections999
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k)1,014
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k)1,017
Highest Paid Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates1,122
Most Popular Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections1,181

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice from Wesleyan Cost?

$28,540 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

Wesleyan Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Wesleyan paid an average of $790 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$27,320$27,320
Fees$1,220$1,220
Books and Supplies$1,298$1,298
On Campus Room and Board$10,000$10,000
On Campus Other Expenses$3,964$3,964

Learn more about Wesleyan tuition and fees.

How Much Can You Make With a BS in Criminal Justice From Wesleyan?

$24,035 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan is $24,035 per year. That is 26% lower than the national average of $32,399.

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Does Wesleyan Offer an Online BS in Criminal Justice?

If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. Wesleyan does offer online classes in its criminal justice bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Wesleyan Online Learning page.

Wesleyan Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

11 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
54.5% Women
9.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 11 bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 54.5% of the students who received their BS in criminal justice in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 53.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at Wesleyan in 2019-2020, 9.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 50%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian0
Black or African American0
Hispanic or Latino1
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White10
International Students0
Other Races/Ethnicities0

BS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at Wesleyan

Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies11

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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