Bachelor's · Charlotte, North Carolina
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at University of North Carolina at Charlotte worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $45,111
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $57,721
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,583
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $64k (likely $64k – $82k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $21k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.1 years (likely 4.5–6.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$30k (likely −$92k – $6k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $232k (likely $129k – $338k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 68%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$158,814
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$151,262
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$128,510
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$125,281
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$122,997
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$113,816
- Business/Managerial Economics (Master's)$112,577
- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$112,462
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Graduate certificate)$108,308
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$108,285
- Computer Science (Master's)$107,088
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$101,786
Criminal Justice and Corrections at other schools in North Carolina
- High Point University$65,607
- Wingate University$62,075
- Belmont Abbey College$60,235
- Greensboro College$56,598
- Western Carolina University$55,903
- Appalachian State University$55,474
- Guilford College$54,209
- Strayer University-North Carolina$53,916
- Methodist University$53,072
- Winston-Salem State University$52,130