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Law and Criminal Justice Schools in California

California contains 233 schools that offer law and criminal justice programs. University of California-Los Angeles, the highest-ranking law and criminal justice school in CA, has a total student population of 38,550 and is the 7th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 233 law and criminal justice schools in California, only 14 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Platt College-Ontario comes out as the most expensive ($42,283/yr), with California State University-Fullerton as the lowest recorded at only $4,874/yr.

Law and Criminal Justice students from California schools who go on to become law and criminal justice professionals, corrections officers, jailers, court reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 556,790 people working as lawyers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $129,020. Also, Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators make on average $63,250 per year and there are about 8,110 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the California alone, there are 1,110 employed arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators earning an average yearly salary of $76,820. Lawyers in this state earn $151,970/yr and there are 69,030 employed.

Also, within the law and criminal justice schools in California, the average student population is 4,206 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from law and criminal justice, there are 18354 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,230 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $1,817, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

California Interesting Facts

California's Mount Whitney measures as the highest peak in the lower 48 states. Its most famous climb is Mount Whitney Trail to the 14,495 feet summit. Wilderness permits are required.
In 1925 a giant sequoia located in California's Kings Canyon National Park was named the nation's national Christmas tree. The tree is over 300 feet in height.
More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in the United States.
Pacific Park, on the venerable Santa Monica Pier, re-creates the amusement parks once dotting the ocean areas along the Pacific Coast. Featured are 11 amusement rides including the 1910-vintage hand-carved merry-go-round appearing in the movie "The Sting."
Alpine County is the eighth smallest of California's 58 counties. It has no high school, ATMs, dentists, banks, or traffic lights.

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