Criminal Justice at Mississippi College

If you are interested in studying criminal justice, you may want to check out the program at Mississippi College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and approximately 4,667 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

MC Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at MC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

MC does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

MC Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at MC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Mississippi College.

MC Criminal Justice Master’s Program

50% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in criminal justice each year. MC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi College with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Criminal Justice Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Mississippi College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Managers	1,230	$82,230
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,210	$51,870
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	60	$76,000

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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