Criminal Justice & Corrections at McNeese State University

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

McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and has a total student population of 7,284. Of the 1,104 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from McNeese State University in 2021, 29 of them were criminal justice and corrections majors.

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.

McNeese Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at McNeese

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, McNeese does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

McNeese Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at McNeese compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at McNeese is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Corrections. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	145
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	185
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	198
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	391
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	507
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	576
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	605

In 2021, 32 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from McNeese. This makes it the #52 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of McNeese Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at McNeese is $32,143. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at McNeese

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

McNeese Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 criminal justice students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from McNeese, about 52% were men and 48% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

McNeese Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 32 criminal justice students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from McNeese, about 25% were men and 75% were women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

McNeese also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 LA, the home state for McNeese State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,810	$41,550
Accountants and Auditors	10,390	$66,860
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Correctional Officers and Jailers	7,890	$34,370
Computer Workers	4,050	$66,600

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 Gkarg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.