Criminal Justice & Corrections is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at University of Central Oklahoma. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in criminal justice, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Navigating today's complex criminal justice system takes a great communicator with real–world perspective. The goal of SNHU's Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice is to get you there. You'll learn from professionals across all disciplines who bring their experience to the classroom.
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at UCO was ranked #289 on College Factual's Best Schools for criminal justice list. It is also ranked #2 in Oklahoma.
Here are some of the other rankings for UCO.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UCO was $586 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $223 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $6,686 | $17,573 |
Fees | $1,131 | $1,131 |
Books and Supplies | $1,600 | $1,600 |
On Campus Room and Board | $8,292 | $8,292 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $7,200 | $7,200 |
Learn more about UCO tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Criminal Justice students who received their bachelor’s degree at UCO took out an average of $26,690 in student loans. That is 4% lower than the national average of $27,924.
criminal justice who receive their bachelor’s degree from UCO make an average of $35,823 a year during the early days of their career. That is 11% higher than the national average of $32,399.
Online degrees for the UCO 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 UCO Online Learning page.
Women made up around 69.6% of the criminal justice students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 53.3%.
Around 37.4% of criminal justice bachelor’s degree recipients at UCO in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 50%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 12 |
Hispanic or Latino | 17 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 66 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 13 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Criminal Justice | 29 |
Criminal Justice Studies | 86 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to criminal justice and corrections.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Security Science and Technology | 148 |
*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.