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Pennsylvania State University - World Campus BS in Criminal Justice & Corrections

Criminal Justice & Corrections is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at Pennsylvania State University - World 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State World Campus BS in Criminal Justice

#280 in the U.S
#35 in Pennsylvania

If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. The bachelor's program at Penn State World Campus was ranked #280 on College Factual's Best Schools for criminal justice list. It is also ranked #35 in Pennsylvania.

Here are some of the other rankings for Penn State World Campus.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 101
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 124
Highest Paid Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates 249
Best Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 280
Most Popular Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 304
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Veterans 405
Most Focused Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 763

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

$13,988 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

Penn State World Campus Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2018-2019 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Penn State World Campus paid an average of $555 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 State Out of State
Tuition $13,484 $13,484
Fees $504 $504
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840

Learn more about Penn State World Campus tuition and fees.

Penn State World Campus 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 World Campus 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 World Campus?

$32,900 Average Salary
Average Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Penn State World Campus is $32,900 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $32,399.

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Does Penn State World Campus Offer an Online BS in Criminal Justice?

Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the criminal justice bachelor’s degree program at Penn State World Campus. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Penn State World Campus Online Learning page.

Penn State World Campus Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

74 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
52.7% Women
23.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 74 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 52.7% of the students who received their BS in criminal justice in 2018-2019 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 52.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at Penn State World Campus in 2018-2019, 23.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 49%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 8
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 56
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

BS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at Penn State World Campus

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice 2
Criminal Justice Studies 72

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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