Criminal Justice & Corrections at MSU Texas

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

MSU Texas is located in Wichita Falls, Texas and has a total student population of 5,860. In 2021, 32 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from MSU Texas.

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.

MSU Texas Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at MSU Texas

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, MSU Texas does offer online courses in criminal justice for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

MSU Texas Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at MSU Texas 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 MSU Texas 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	33
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	360
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	539
	560
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	561

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from MSU Texas. This makes it the #163 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from MSU Texas Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at MSU Texas is $34,815. This is 2% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at MSU Texas

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at MSU Texas.

MSU Texas Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from MSU Texas. Of these graduates, 56% were men and 44% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 MSU Texas with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MSU Texas Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from MSU Texas in 2020-2021, 56% were men and 44% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from MSU Texas, 67% 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 MSU Texas with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MSU Texas 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 TX, the home state for MSU Texas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	60,260	$61,870
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	19,510	$48,920

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.