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Lock Haven University BS in Criminal Justice & Corrections

60 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
$34,932 Average Salary
$27,000 Average Student Debt

The main focus area for this major is Criminal Justice. 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 Lock Haven University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in criminal justice, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Rankings for the LHU BS in Criminal Justice

#259 in the U.S
#14 in Pennsylvania

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 LHU was ranked #259 on College Factual's Best Schools for criminal justice list. It is also ranked #14 in Pennsylvania.

Here are some of the other rankings for LHU.

Ranking TypeRank
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans71
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections142
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections161
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate Degree Schools167
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools188
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans231
Most Focused Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections235
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections235
Highest Paid Associate Degree Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates251
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools259
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Veterans260
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income Over $110k)325
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid)329
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates346
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k)350
Most Popular Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections354
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $30-$48k)361
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k)370
Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections377
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k)396
Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income Over $110k)402
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections447
Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k)459
Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k)462
Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $30-$48k)466
Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid)469
Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k)471
Highest Paid Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates547
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income Over $110k)652
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid)719
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k)741
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $30-$48k)754
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k)765
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k)781
Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections804
Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections861

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

$10,878 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

LHU Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at LHU was $720 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $322 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$7,716$17,290
Fees$3,162$3,412
Books and Supplies$1,803$1,803
On Campus Room and Board$10,350$10,350
On Campus Other Expenses$4,564$4,564

Learn more about LHU tuition and fees.

LHU Criminal Justice BS Student Debt

One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at LHU in Criminal Justice walked away with an average of $27,000 in student debt. That is 3% lower than the national average of $27,924.

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

$34,932 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

criminal justice who receive their bachelor’s degree from LHU make an average of $34,932 a year during the early days of their career. That is 8% higher than the national average of $32,399.

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Does LHU Offer an Online BS in Criminal Justice?

Online degrees for the LHU criminal justice bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the LHU Online Learning page.

LHU Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

60 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
41.7% Women
18.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 60 bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 41.7% of the students who received their BS in criminal justice in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 53.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at LHU in 2019-2020, 18.3% 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 American6
Hispanic or Latino4
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White48
International Students0
Other Races/Ethnicities2

BS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at LHU

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Criminal Justice60

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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