Criminal Justice & Corrections at Sam Houston State University

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

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and approximately 21,912 students attend the school each year.

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.

SHSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

SHSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at SHSU 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Sam Houston State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	125
Hispanic or Latino	335
White	350
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	65

SHSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	58
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at Sam Houston State University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Sam Houston State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice Studies	898
Other Corrections & Criminal Justice	89
Criminal Justice	44

Related Majors

• Security Science and Technology
• Homeland Security

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 Sam Houston State 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 Bigguill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.