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Pennsylvania State University - Fayette - Eberly Campus 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 - Fayette - Eberly Campus. 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, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State Fayette BS in Criminal Justice

If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. The criminal justice major at Penn State Fayette 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 Fayette.

Ranking Type Rank
Highest Paid Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates 258
Most Focused Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 714
Most Popular Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 1,491

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

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

Penn State Fayette Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2018-2019 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Penn State Fayette paid an average of $888 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $524 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $12,718 $21,310
Fees $992 $992
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840

Learn more about Penn State Fayette tuition and fees.

Penn State Fayette Criminal Justice BS Student Debt

You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Penn State Fayette 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 Fayette?

$32,900 Average Salary
Average Earnings Boost

criminal justice who receive their bachelor’s degree from Penn State Fayette 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 Fayette Offer an Online BS in Criminal Justice?

Penn State Fayette 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 Fayette Online Learning page.

Penn State Fayette Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

6 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
33.3% Women
During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 6 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 33.3% of the students who received their BS in criminal justice in 2018-2019 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 52.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

None of the criminal justice bachelor’s degree recipients at Penn State Fayette in 2018-2019 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

BS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at Penn State Fayette

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies 6

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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