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Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes - Barre 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 - Wilkes - Barre. 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 Wilkes - Barre 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 Wilkes - Barre 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 Wilkes - Barre.

Ranking Type Rank
Highest Paid Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates 250
Most Focused Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 265
Most Popular Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 1,432

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice from Penn State Wilkes - Barre Cost?

$13,594 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

Penn State Wilkes - Barre Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2018-2019 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Penn State Wilkes - Barre 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. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.

In State Out of State
Tuition $12,718 $21,310
Fees $876 $876
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840

Learn more about Penn State Wilkes - Barre tuition and fees.

Penn State Wilkes - Barre Criminal Justice BS Student Debt

One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Penn State Wilkes - Barre 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 Wilkes - Barre?

$32,900 Average Salary
Average Earnings Boost

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

Penn State Wilkes - Barre 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 Wilkes - Barre Online Learning page.

Penn State Wilkes - Barre Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

7 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
57.1% Women
14.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 7 bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice awarded during the 2018-2019 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 57.1% of the criminal justice students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2018-2019. This is higher than the nationwide number of 52.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 14.3% of criminal justice bachelor’s degree recipients at Penn State Wilkes - Barre 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 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

BS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at Penn State Wilkes - Barre

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies 7

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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