Criminal Justice at Texas Southern University
If you are interested in studying criminal justice, you may want to check out the program at Texas Southern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.TSU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,015 students attend the school each year.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.
TSU Criminal Justice Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
- Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice
TSU Criminal Justice Rankings
There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Criminal Justice Student Demographics at TSU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Texas Southern University.
TSU Criminal Justice Master’s Program
In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 94% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Southern University with a master's in criminal justice.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 15 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 0 |
International Students | 1 |
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 Southern University.
Occupation | Jobs in TX | Average Salary in TX |
---|---|---|
Managers | 20,710 | $122,130 |
Police and Detective Supervisors | 6,400 | $87,840 |
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors | 1,220 | $68,040 |
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 WhisperToMe under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.