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Criminal Justice Studies at Houston Baptist University

Criminal Justice Studies at Houston Baptist University

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

HBU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 3,963 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice Studies section at the bottom of this page.

HBU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at HBU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? HBU offers distance education options for criminal justice studies at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

HBU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at HBU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Criminal Justice Studies Student Demographics at HBU

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

HBU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies 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 Houston Baptist University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Police and Detective Supervisors 6,400 $87,840
Correctional Officer Supervisors 4,000 $52,500
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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