Criminal Justice & Corrections at Middle Tennessee State University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at Middle Tennessee State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Middle Tennessee State University is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and approximately 22,080 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,926 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University in 2021, 111 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.

Middle Tennessee State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Middle Tennessee State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at Middle Tennessee State University 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
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	225
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	274
	340
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	1,059

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from Middle Tennessee State University. This makes it the #113 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Middle Tennessee State University Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Middle Tennessee State University is $33,407. 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 Middle Tennessee State University

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

Middle Tennessee State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 111 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Middle Tennessee State University in 2021, 49% were men and 51% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Middle Tennessee State University 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 Middle Tennessee State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	62
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Middle Tennessee State University Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 14 criminal justice students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Middle Tennessee State University, about 57% were men and 43% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Middle Tennessee State University, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology

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 TN, the home state for Middle Tennessee State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Accountants and Auditors	19,760	$69,690
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	13,410	$44,600
Correctional Officers and Jailers	9,670	$35,470
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	5,590	$41,830

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 MTSUGoRaidersGo under License

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