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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Missouri Southern State University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at Missouri Southern State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Missouri Southern is located in Joplin, Missouri and approximately 5,045 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received their master's degree in criminal justice.

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

Missouri Southern Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Missouri Southern

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Missouri Southern offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

Missouri Southern Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Missouri Southern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Missouri Southern State University.

Missouri Southern Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

33% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at Missouri Southern awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in criminal justice each year. Missouri Southern does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

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

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

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 MO, the home state for Missouri Southern State University.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Accountants and Auditors 25,090 $70,240
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 13,510 $48,920
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 8,620 $37,680
Correctional Officers and Jailers 8,420 $31,650
Computer Workers 7,010 $82,610

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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