Criminal Justice & Corrections at St. Mary’s 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 St. Mary's University stacks up to those at other schools.

St. Mary's is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 3,458 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from St. Mary's.

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. Mary’s Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

St. Mary’s Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at St. Mary's 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 Value Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	531
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	606
	764
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	1,114

Earnings of St. Mary's Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at St. Mary's is $30,206. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at St. Mary's

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

St. Mary’s Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

The criminal justice program at St. Mary's awarded 18 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 39% of these degrees went to men with the other 61% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 St. Mary's University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 St. Mary'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 Ngood under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.