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Criminal Justice & Corrections at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 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 Rio Grande Valley Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

UT Rio Grande Valley Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

46% Women
92% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 54% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in criminal justice each year. UT Rio Grande Valley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

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In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 92% of degree recipients. That is 49% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Rio Grande Valley.

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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