Criminal Justice & Corrections at Wayland Baptist University

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if Wayland Baptist University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and has a total student population of 4,062. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 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.

Wayland Baptist University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Wayland Baptist 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? Wayland Baptist University offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Wayland Baptist University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Wayland Baptist University

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

Wayland Baptist University Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a master’s in criminal justice from Wayland Baptist University in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in criminal justice each year. Wayland Baptist University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
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 Wayland Baptist 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.