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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Sam Houston State University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Sam Houston State University

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

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and has a total student population of 21,912. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 117 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.

SHSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice
  • Doctorate Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at SHSU

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.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

SHSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

68% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 117 criminal justice students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SHSU, about 32% were men and 68% were women.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from SHSU, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 28
White 64
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 TX, the home state for Sam Houston State University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Accountants and Auditors 115,270 $80,200
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 60,260 $61,870
Computer Workers 25,620 $90,290
Managers 20,710 $122,130
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 19,510 $48,920

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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