Security & criminal justice

Criminal Justice and Corrections

University of Northern Iowa · Cedar Falls, IA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · same subjectSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$21,272Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$25,417Same subject at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded7Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$37,141
Same subject · national$34,157
Security & criminal justice · national$34,526

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Same subject at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $34,562–$38,972.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Colorado State University GlobalCriminal Justice and Corrections$50,439
Grand Valley State UniversityCriminal Justice and Corrections$38,959
Sonoma State UniversityCriminal Justice and Corrections$39,009
California State University-ChicoCriminal Justice and Corrections$32,988
North Dakota State University-Main CampusCriminal Justice and Corrections$38,000
University of ToledoCriminal Justice and Corrections$34,348
Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaCriminal Justice and Corrections$34,633
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityCriminal Justice and Corrections$35,311
Salem State UniversityCriminal Justice and Corrections$36,282
California State University-SacramentoCriminal Justice and Corrections$38,195
University of North AlabamaCriminal Justice and Corrections$31,133
Minnesota State University-MankatoCriminal Justice and Corrections$42,682
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗