Criminal Justice Studies at Lamar University

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

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and has a total student population of 16,637.

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.

Lamar University Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Lamar University Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Lamar University 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 Lamar University

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

Lamar University Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Lamar University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Lamar University Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of criminal justice studies master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in criminal justice studies each year. Lamar University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

In the criminal justice studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	42
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 Lamar 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.