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 University of Illinois at Chicago. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in criminal justice, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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. UIC is in the top 10% of the country for criminal justice. More specifically it was ranked #68 out of 1,142 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #4 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for UIC.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UIC was $804 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $456 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 | $12,105 | $26,726 |
Fees | $3,322 | $3,322 |
Books and Supplies | $1,400 | $1,400 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,000 | $12,000 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,470 | $3,470 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Criminal Justice students who received their bachelor’s degree at UIC took out an average of $17,500 in student loans. That is 37% lower than the national average of $27,924.
The median early career salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UIC is $36,301 per year. That is 12% higher than the national average of $32,399.
Online degrees for the UIC 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 UIC Online Learning page.
About 64.6% of the students who received their BS in criminal justice in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 53.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at UIC in 2019-2020, 72.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 50%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 20 |
Hispanic or Latino | 108 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 49 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
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 Studies | 195 |
*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.
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