Criminal Justice Studies at St. Thomas University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice studies, you may want to check out the program at St. Thomas University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

STU is located in Miami Gardens, Florida and approximately 5,601 students attend the school each year.

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.

STU Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice Studies (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at STU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, STU does offer online courses in criminal justice studies for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

STU Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at STU 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 STU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at St. Thomas University.

STU Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 St. Thomas University with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

STU Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of criminal justice studies master's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

In the criminal justice studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 89% of degree recipients. That is 38% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 FL, the home state for St. Thomas University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,840	$87,850
Correctional Officer Supervisors	2,360	$62,490
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,030	$68,780

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 Mulad under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.