University of Arizona Global Campus Criminal Justice (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Criminal Justice and Corrections
- Public university
- Chandler, AZ
- About 383 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
University of Arizona Global Campus criminal justice graduates earn more than graduates of most criminal justice programs nationally, $47,869 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $37,625 in federal loans, more than at 94% of criminal justice programs in the country. One other Arizona program reports higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Arizona and national columns are the medians across all criminal justice bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, University of Arizona Global Campus graduates earn about the national figure and about $2,032 more than the Arizona median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Arizona criminal justice program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Arizona medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 12% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $16,995 less in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed more. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $399 a month, or 10.0% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 43 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $8,248.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the San Diego area are about 12% above the national average, so a $47,869 salary here buys what about $42,783 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to criminal justice, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Security Guards
$38,290Median pay in Arizona. 29,820 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 156,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
$78,880Median pay in Arizona. 12,010 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 51,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Compliance Officers
$74,920Median pay in Arizona. 12,430 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 32,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
$50,150Median pay in Arizona. 7,560 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 33,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About University of Arizona Global Campus
Criminal Justice ranks 14th of 36 bachelor's programs at University of Arizona Global Campus by first-year earnings. The top three are International Business ($71,369), Business Economics ($66,360), and Public Administration ($65,503).
Other criminal justice bachelor's programs near Chandler
Common questions
The median graduate earns $47,869 one year after graduating and $53,838 five years after. The median across criminal justice bachelor's programs in Arizona is $41,684.
The median federal loan balance is $37,625, which ranks 3rd lowest of 6 criminal justice bachelor's programs in Arizona. That works out to about $399 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 79% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 67%. Compare the cost with other Arizona programs before deciding.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Arizona comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the criminal justice program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024