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Washington State University BS in Criminal Justice & Corrections

146 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
$39,489 Average Salary
$22,500 Average Student Debt

The main focus area for this major is Criminal Justice & Police Science. 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 Washington State University. 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 Wazzu BS in Criminal Justice

#82 in the U.S
#1 in Washington

If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. Wazzu is in the top 10% of the country for criminal justice. More specifically it was ranked #82 out of 1,142 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in Washington.

Here are some of the other rankings for Wazzu.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 2
Highest Paid Doctor’s Degree Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates 5
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $30-$48k) 5
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k) 6
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k) 7
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income Over $110k) 8
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Doctor’s Degree Schools 9
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k) 10
Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 11
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 11
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Veterans 13
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 13
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid) 13
Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 14
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $30-$48k) 18
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 19
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k) 21
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $30-$48k) 23
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k) 26
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k) 33
Highest Paid Master’s Degree Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates 36
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k) 51
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools 56
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 60
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 81
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools 82
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k) 99
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k) 102
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid) 102
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates 105
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income Over $110k) 108
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $30-$48k) 108
Most Popular Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 120
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k) 177
Highest Paid Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates 183
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid) 184
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 187
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income Over $110k) 190
Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 212
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k) 222
Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 271
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 281
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income Over $110k) 470
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $75-$110k) 512
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid) 520
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 629
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 630
Most Focused Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections 1,063

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice from Wazzu Cost?

$12,170 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$22,500 Average Student Debt

Wazzu Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Wazzu was $1,286 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $538 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $10,202 $25,145
Fees $1,968 $1,968
Books and Supplies $960 $960
On Campus Room and Board $11,848 $11,848
On Campus Other Expenses $3,542 $3,542

Learn more about Wazzu tuition and fees.

Wazzu 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. Criminal Justice students who received their bachelor’s degree at Wazzu took out an average of $22,500 in student loans. That is 19% lower than the national average of $27,924.

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How Much Can You Make With a BS in Criminal Justice From Wazzu?

$39,489 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

criminal justice who receive their bachelor’s degree from Wazzu make an average of $39,489 a year during the early days of their career. That is 22% higher than the national average of $32,399.

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Does Wazzu Offer an Online BS in Criminal Justice?

Online degrees for the Wazzu 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 Wazzu Online Learning page.

Wazzu Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

146 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
61.6% Women
41.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 146 students received their bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 61.6% 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%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at Wazzu in 2019-2020, 41.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 50%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 33
Native American or Alaska Native 1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 2
White 83
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

BS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at Wazzu

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Police Science 146

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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