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Criminal Justice

The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated with a degree in Criminal Justice. We have separated the tables depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the bachelors degree in Criminal Justice, and those who get either a masters in Criminal Justice, a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice. While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in Criminal Justice some students with a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice will get advanced degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Criminal Justice. Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary, it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others place students in many different income categories. For this reason, we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Criminal Justice Salaries.









Histogram of Criminal Justice Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only

The diagram below includes all students with a major in Criminal Justice who received no degree beyond the bachelors.

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Histogram of Criminal Justice Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond

The diagram below includes all students with a major in Criminal Justice while an undergraduate. The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.

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Bachelors Degree

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Criminal Justice.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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  $38,783        232       30.69   Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
  $29,597        108       14.29   Social Workers
  $47,110         91       12.04   Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
  $34,168         48        6.35   OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
  $34,168         37        4.89   OTHER management related occupations
  $29,912         29        3.84   OTHER service occupations, except health
  $30,631         28        3.70   OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
  $43,733         18        2.38   Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
  $26,919         18        2.38   Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236)
  $39,053         15        1.98   OTHER marketing and sales occupations
  $35,533         10        1.32   Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
  $39,692          9        1.19   Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
  $38,797          8        1.06   Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
  $29,466          8        1.06   Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
  $21,425          8        1.06   Secretaries, receptionists, typists
  $31,635          7         .93   Transportation/material moving occupations
  $46,596          7         .93   Computer system analysts
  $44,126          6         .79   Construction trades, miners and well drillers
  $33,200          5         .66   OTHER computer, information science Occupations
  $29,800          5         .66   Teachers:  Elementary
  $44,091          5         .66   Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
  $27,690          4         .53   Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
  $56,350          4         .53   Unknown
  $33,467          3         .40   Lawyers, Judges
  $17,235          3         .40   Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
  $28,861          3         .40   Sociologists
  $30,493          3         .40   Engineers: Industrial
  $32,511          3         .40   Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
  $48,000          2         .26   Farmers, Foresters and Fishermen
  $47,000          2         .26   OTHER physical scientists
  $42,390          2         .26   Engineers:  Environmental
  $27,858          2         .26   Psychologists, including clinical (Also see 070)
  $28,854          2         .26   Clergy and Other Religious Workers
  $26,560          2         .26   Mechanics and repairers
  $32,160          2         .26   Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
  $38,220          2         .26   Engineers:  Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
  $21,600          1         .13   Teachers:  Secondary - social sciences
  $58,000          1         .13   OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
  $17,680          1         .13   Professors:  Social Work
  $20,000          1         .13   Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
  $32,000          1         .13   OTHER health occupations
  $20,800          1         .13   Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders)
  $45,000          1         .13   Engineers:  Petroleum
  $24,000          1         .13   Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
  $26,000          1         .13   Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences
  $35,000          1         .13   OTHER social scientist
  $41,600          1         .13   Chemists, except biochemists
  $40,800          1         .13   Teachers:  Secondary - other subjects
  $30,160          1         .13   Agricultural and food scientists
  $37,000          1         .13   OTHER postsecondary
  $38,108          1         .13   Professors:  Law

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Masters

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree in Criminal Justice.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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  $47,913         35       25.74   Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
  $34,853         27       19.85   Social Workers
  $47,702         25       18.38   Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
  $40,750          8        5.88   OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
  $54,586          7        5.15   OTHER management related occupations
  $44,210          4        2.94   Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
  $41,133          3        2.21   OTHER social scientist
  $34,800          2        1.47   Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236)
  $54,942          2        1.47   Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
  $91,000          2        1.47   Psychologists, including clinical (Also see 070)
  $51,000          1         .74   Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153)
  $14,560          1         .74   Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
  $86,000          1         .74   Lawyers, Judges
  $56,000          1         .74   Computer system analysts
  $55,020          1         .74   Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
  $55,000          1         .74   Unknown
  $15,808          1         .74   Transportation/material moving occupations
  $20,800          1         .74   OTHER service occupations, except health
  $52,520          1         .74   Other engineers
  $52,000          1         .74   OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
  $34,500          1         .74   OTHER health occupations
  $50,000          1         .74   OTHER postsecondary
  $21,840          1         .74   OTHER marketing and sales occupations
  $23,484          1         .74   Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
  $25,000          1         .74   Teachers:  Secondary - social sciences
  $41,376          1         .74   OTHER computer, information science Occupations
  $30,000          1         .74   Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
  $30,000          1         .74   Professors:  Law
  $39,000          1         .74   Professors:  OTHER social sciences
  $36,000          1         .74   Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
  $33,000          1         .74   Farmers, Foresters and Fishermen

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Ph.D.

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in Criminal Justice.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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  $35,576          1       25.00   Professors:  Law
  $40,000          1       25.00   Professors:  OTHER social sciences
  $41,943          1       25.00   OTHER social scientist
  $86,000          1       25.00   Lawyers, Judges

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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice



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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $45,032         47       34.31   Criminal Justice/Protective Services
  $50,368         13        9.49   Public administration
  $36,341         10        7.30   Psychology:  Counseling
  $37,444         10        7.30   Social Work
  $62,044          9        6.57   Business administration and management
  $52,228          9        6.57   Criminology
  $23,101          5        3.65   Sociology
  $45,680          5        3.65   Education:  OTHER education
  $32,625          4        2.92   Education:  Counselor education/guidance services
  $43,643          4        2.92   OTHER business management/administrative services
  $41,333          3        2.19   Education:  Special education
  $42,648          2        1.46   Psychology:  General
  $50,358          2        1.46   OTHER social sciences
  $55,000          1         .73   Psychology:  Industrial/Organizational
  $60,000          1         .73   Education:  Educational psychology
  $61,200          1         .73   Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
  $74,000          1         .73   Financial management
  $83,000          1         .73   History, other
  $60,000          1         .73   Psychology:  Educational
  $12,900          1         .73   Psychology:  Clinical
  $44,000          1         .73   Business/managerial economics
  $42,000          1         .73   International relations
  $38,500          1         .73   Education:  Secondary teacher education
  $38,000          1         .73   Public policy studies
  $33,800          1         .73   OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
  $33,000          1         .73   Audiology and speech pathology
  $28,000          1         .73   OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
  $28,000          1         .73   Education:  Social science teacher education

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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice



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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $47,500          2       33.33   Sociology
  $24,000          1       16.67   Psychology:  Counseling
  $45,000          1       16.67   OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
  $55,000          1       16.67   Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
  $86,000          1       16.67   Criminology

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Other Professiona Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice

Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $56,621         36       97.30   Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
  $50,000          1        2.70   OTHER philosophy, religion, theology

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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com