Criminal Justice & Corrections at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin

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

UT Permian Basin is located in Odessa, Texas and approximately 5,530 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 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.

UT Permian Basin Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at UT Permian Basin

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? UT Permian Basin offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UT Permian Basin Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UT Permian Basin

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

UT Permian Basin Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 criminal justice majors earned their master's degree from UT Permian Basin. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from UT Permian Basin, 100% 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 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin with a master's in criminal justice.

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

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 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.