Criminal Justice & Corrections at Texas Christian University

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

TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas and approximately 11,379 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 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.

TCU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at TCU

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

TCU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at TCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Texas Christian University.

TCU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in criminal justice each year. TCU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 Texas Christian 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Amymay52 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.