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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Murray State University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Murray State University

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what Murray State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Murray State is located in Murray, Kentucky and approximately 9,449 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,603 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Murray State University in 2021, 27 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.

Murray State Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Murray State Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at Murray State 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
513
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools 727

Earnings of Murray State Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Murray State is $30,268. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Murray State

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

Murray State Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

41% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 59% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Murray State 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 Murray State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 22
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 KY, the home state for Murray State University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Accountants and Auditors 11,160 $67,080
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 7,830 $45,600
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 7,740 $40,950
Correctional Officers and Jailers 5,850 $35,940
Managers 3,260 $92,630

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.

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