Criminal Justice & Corrections at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and approximately 14,227 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 138 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from NMSU Main Campus.

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.

NMSU Main Campus Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NMSU Main Campus

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.

NMSU Main Campus does offer online education options in criminal justice for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

NMSU Main Campus Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at NMSU Main Campus 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 NMSU Main Campus 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 Schools	688

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from NMSU Main Campus. This makes it the #131 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from NMSU Main Campus Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at NMSU Main Campus is $27,587. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

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

NMSU Main Campus Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

The criminal justice program at NMSU Main Campus awarded 138 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 46% of these degrees went to men with the other 54% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	104
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NMSU Main Campus Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 criminal justice majors earned their master's degree from NMSU Main Campus. Of these graduates, 42% were men and 58% were women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a master's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NMSU Main Campus 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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Accountants and Auditors	6,050	$66,370
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	4,310	$51,250
Correctional Officers and Jailers	4,210	$36,250
Managers	2,850	$96,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,830	$41,460

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.