Administration of Justice: Corrections
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
A certificate of achievement may be earned by completing all the courses required for this major with a grade of C or better.
Administration of Justice: Corrections Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Bachelor's degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 40,580
- High salary: 94,030
- Average salary: 58570
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
Certificate after high school, Associate's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 52,650
- High salary: 176,800
- Average salary: 108970
Correctional Officers and Jailers
High school diploma/GED
- Job growth: Declining
- Low salary: 41,750
- High salary: 93,000
- Average salary: 57970
All Careers in Administration of Justice: Corrections (14)
| Information Security Analysts | Bachelor's degree, Certificate after college | Rising | 124,910 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | Certificate after high school, Associate's degree | Rising | 108,970 |
| Document Management Specialists | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 108,970 |
| Information Technology Project Managers | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Rising | 108,970 |
| Web Administrators | Bachelor's degree, Some college | Rising | 108,970 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | High school diploma/GED, Some college | Stable | 105,980 |
| Detectives and Criminal Investigators | High school diploma/GED, Associate's degree | Declining | 93,580 |
| Intelligence Analysts | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Declining | 93,580 |
| Police Identification and Records Officers | Associate's degree, Bachelor's degree | Declining | 93,580 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers | High school diploma/GED, Associate's degree | Declining | 76,310 |
| Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary | Master's degree, Doctoral degree | Stable | 71,470 |
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Stable | 58,570 |
| Correctional Officers and Jailers | High school diploma/GED | Declining | 57,970 |
| Private Detectives and Investigators | Bachelor's degree, High school diploma/GED | Stable | 52,370 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- ADJUS: Corrections - Certificate Effectively use interpersonal communication skills as required by criminal justice professionals Successfully create writing assignments related to employment in the criminal justice system Apply good ethics and leadership to their decision making process as it relates to performing their jobs Successfully complete the cognitive learning domain tests from police, corrections and probation academies and complete field training Successfully find employment in criminal justice system careers (*must also pass POST background procedures)