Criminal Justice & Corrections at Mississippi College

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

MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and approximately 4,667 students attend the school each year.

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.

MC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

MC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at MC 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at MC

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

MC Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at MC 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 Mississippi College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MC Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at Mississippi College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mississippi College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice	29

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	7,520	$35,550
Accountants and Auditors	5,460	$62,850
Correctional Officers and Jailers	4,930	$30,840
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,700	$35,100
Managers	1,230	$82,230

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 Robby Followell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.