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National University BS in Criminal Justice & Corrections

105 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
$52,464 Average Salary
$26,563 Average Student Debt

The main focus area for this major is Criminal Justice. 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 National University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in criminal justice, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Rankings for the National University BS in Criminal Justice

#113 in the U.S
#10 in California

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. National University is in the top 10% of the country for criminal justice. More specifically it was ranked #113 out of 1,142 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #10 in California.

Here are some of the other rankings for National University.

Ranking TypeRank
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates25
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools42
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans44
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools52
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools56
Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections56
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges for Veterans62
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections68
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans71
Highest Paid Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates80
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools107
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools113
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections126
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections136
Highest Paid Master’s Degree Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduates138
Most Popular Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections152
Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections173
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid)176
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k)185
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k)186
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections304
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid)312
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k)369
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k)374
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections647
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (With Aid)718
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $0-$30k)787
Best Value Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections (Income $48-$75k)791
Most Focused Colleges for Criminal Justice & Corrections999

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

$13,320 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$26,563 Average Student Debt

National University Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at National University paid an average of $370 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 StateOut of State
Tuition$13,320$13,320
Books and Supplies$1,080$1,080

Learn more about National University tuition and fees.

National University Criminal Justice BS Student Debt

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 National University took out an average of $26,563 in student loans. That is 5% lower than the national average of $27,924.

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

$52,464 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

criminal justice who receive their bachelor’s degree from National University make an average of $52,464 a year during the early days of their career. That is 62% higher than the national average of $32,399.

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Does National University 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 National University. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the National University Online Learning page.

National University Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

105 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
41.0% Women
56.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 105 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 41.0% 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%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at National University in 2019-2020, 56.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 50%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian3
Black or African American9
Hispanic or Latino41
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1
White29
International Students0
Other Races/Ethnicities22

BS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at National University

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Criminal Justice105

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to criminal justice and corrections.

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Homeland Security56
Security Science and Technology19

View All Criminal Justice & Corrections Related Majors >

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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