by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 California State University - Sacramento. 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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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.
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. Sac State is in the top 10% of the country for criminal justice. More specifically it was ranked #105 out of 1,142 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #9 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for Sac State.
Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,742 | $17,622 |
| Fees | $1,676 | $1,676 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,096 | $1,096 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $16,134 | $16,134 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $3,174 | $3,174 |
Learn more about Sac State tuition and fees.
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 Sac State took out an average of $16,500 in student loans. That is 41% lower than the national average of $27,924.
criminal justice who receive their bachelor’s degree from Sac State make an average of $37,723 a year during the early days of their career. That is 16% higher than the national average of $32,399.
Sac State 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 Sac State Online Learning page.
Women made up around 50.6% of the criminal justice students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 53.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 69.0% of the criminal justice bachelor’s degrees at Sac State in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 50%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 58 |
| Black or African American | 18 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 239 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 |
| White | 122 |
| International Students | 7 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 44 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice Studies | 494 |
*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.
