Criminal Justice & Corrections at Sam Houston State University

Every criminal justice and corrections school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at Sam Houston State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and approximately 21,912 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,433 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Sam Houston State University in 2021, 899 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.

SHSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SHSU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SHSU offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SHSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	35
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	80
Best Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	309

In 2021, 117 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from SHSU. This makes it the #12 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from SHSU Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at SHSU is $33,981. 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 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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 899 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from SHSU. About 37% were men and 63% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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	18
Black or African American	129
Hispanic or Latino	326
White	359
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	54

SHSU Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

Of the 117 students who graduated with a master’s in criminal justice from SHSU in 2021, 32% were men and 68% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from SHSU, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	4
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	64
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SHSU also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.