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Criminal Justice Studies at New Mexico Highlands University

Criminal Justice Studies at New Mexico Highlands University

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice studies school? To help you decide if New Mexico Highlands University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice studies program.

New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and has a total student population of 2,777.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice Studies section at the bottom of this page.

New Mexico Highlands University Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

New Mexico Highlands University Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at New Mexico Highlands University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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 Studies Student Demographics at New Mexico Highlands University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at New Mexico Highlands University.

New Mexico Highlands University Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

70% Women
70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Highlands University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for New Mexico Highlands University.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Police and Detective Supervisors 730 $78,980
Correctional Officer Supervisors 640 $49,630

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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