Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northeastern State University

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

NSU is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and approximately 7,349 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 93 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from NSU.

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.

NSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

NSU 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

NSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks criminal justice programs across the country. The following shows how NSU performed in these rankings.

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 NSU 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
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	82
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	147
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In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from NSU. This makes it the #82 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NSU Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at NSU is $32,029. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 93 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from NSU. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Northeastern State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	42
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

NSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 20 students who graduated with a master’s in criminal justice from NSU in 2021, 30% were men and 70% were women.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Homeland Security
• 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 OK, the home state for Northeastern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Accountants and Auditors	13,650	$73,040
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	7,480	$46,120
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	6,330	$36,470
Correctional Officers and Jailers	4,290	$33,060
Computer Workers	2,580	$78,490

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 CPacker under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.