Criminal Justice at Missouri Southern State University
If you are interested in studying criminal justice, you may want to check out the program at Missouri Southern State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.Missouri Southern is located in Joplin, Missouri and approximately 5,045 students attend the school each year.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.
Missouri Southern Criminal Justice Degrees Available
- Undergrad Certificate in Criminal Justice (1 - 4 Years)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
Missouri Southern Criminal Justice Rankings
The criminal justice major at Missouri Southern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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 Missouri Southern
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Missouri Southern State University.
Missouri Southern Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program
About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Missouri Southern 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 Missouri Southern State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
White | 25 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
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 MO, the home state for Missouri Southern State University.
Occupation | Jobs in MO | Average Salary in MO |
---|---|---|
Managers | 3,980 | $97,820 |
Police and Detective Supervisors | 2,220 | $78,750 |
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors | 230 | $85,710 |
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.