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Criminal Justice Studies at Southeast Missouri State University

Criminal Justice Studies at Southeast Missouri State University

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

Southeast Missouri State University is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and approximately 10,001 students attend the school each year.

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

Southeast Missouri State University Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Southeast Missouri State University

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? Southeast Missouri State University offers distance education options for criminal justice studies at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Southeast Missouri State University Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

Criminal Justice Studies Student Demographics at Southeast Missouri State University

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

Southeast Missouri State University Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Program

60% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of criminal justice studies master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice studies master's degree from Southeast Missouri State University, 80% 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 Southeast Missouri State University with a master's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies 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 Southeast Missouri State University.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Police and Detective Supervisors 2,220 $78,750
Correctional Officer Supervisors 560 $49,970
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 230 $85,710

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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