Criminal Justice & Corrections at Saint Edward’s University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at Saint Edward's University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

St. Edward's University is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 3,591 students attend the school each year. Of the 864 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Edward's University in 2021, 22 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.

St. Edward’s University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

St. Edward’s University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at St. Edward's University 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 St. Edward's University 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 Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	281
	309
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	577
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	1,225

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from St. Edward's University Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at St. Edward's University is $36,068. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at St. Edward's University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Saint Edward’s University.

St. Edward’s University Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 criminal justice majors earned their bachelor's degree from St. Edward's University. Of these graduates, 32% were men and 68% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Saint Edward's University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Other 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 TX, the home state for Saint Edward's University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	60,260	$61,870
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	19,510	$48,920

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 LoneStarMike under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.