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Criminal Justice & Corrections at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what New Mexico State University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and approximately 14,227 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 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.

NMSU Main Campus Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at NMSU Main Campus

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? NMSU Main Campus offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

NMSU Main Campus Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

58% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a master's degree in criminal justice from NMSU Main Campus. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men.

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In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus 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 9
White 3
International Students 0
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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Accountants and Auditors 6,050 $66,370
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 4,310 $51,250
Correctional Officers and Jailers 4,210 $36,250
Managers 2,850 $96,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 1,830 $41,460

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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