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Pennsylvania State University - Beaver BS in Criminal Justice & Corrections

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 Pennsylvania State University - Beaver. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in criminal justice, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State Beaver BS in Criminal Justice

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 criminal justice major at Penn State Beaver is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Here are some of the other rankings for Penn State Beaver.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 143
Highest Paid Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates 244
Most Popular Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 1,325

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice from Penn State Beaver Cost?

$13,710 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

Penn State Beaver Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

In 2018-2019, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Penn State Beaver was $888 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $524 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.

In State Out of State
Tuition $12,718 $21,310
Fees $992 $992
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840
On Campus Room and Board $11,884 $11,884
On Campus Other Expenses $4,788 $4,788

Learn more about Penn State Beaver tuition and fees.

Penn State Beaver 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 Penn State Beaver 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 Penn State Beaver?

$32,900 Average Salary
Average Earnings Boost

criminal justice who receive their bachelor’s degree from Penn State Beaver make an average of $32,900 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $32,399.

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Does Penn State Beaver Offer an Online BS in Criminal Justice?

Penn State Beaver does not offer an online option for its criminal justice bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Penn State Beaver Online Learning page.

Penn State Beaver Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

9 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
66.7% Women
22.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2018-2019 academic year, 9 students received their bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in 2018-2019, 66.7% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 52.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 22.2% of criminal justice bachelor’s degree recipients at Penn State Beaver in 2018-2019 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 49%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

BS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at Penn State Beaver

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies 9

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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