Criminal Justice Studies at McNeese State University

If you plan to study criminal justice studies, 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.

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.

McNeese Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

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

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.

McNeese does offer online education options in criminal justice studies for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

McNeese Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at McNeese 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 McNeese

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

McNeese Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies at McNeese are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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 studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

McNeese Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of criminal justice studies master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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 studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 LA, the home state for McNeese State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Police and Detective Supervisors	2,310	$62,650
Correctional Officer Supervisors	1,300	$53,180

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.