Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University

Every criminal justice 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.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Master’s 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:

Master’s Degree

SHSU Criminal Justice Rankings

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 Master’s Program

38% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in criminal justice each year. SHSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from SHSU, 73% 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	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,400	$87,840
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	1,220	$68,040

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
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