Criminal Justice & Corrections at Stephen F Austin State University

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

SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and has a total student population of 12,620. In 2021, 49 criminal justice majors received their bachelor's degree from SFASU.

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.

SFASU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

SFASU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at SFASU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at SFASU 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 Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	395

Earnings of SFASU Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFASU is $32,022. 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 SFASU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Stephen F Austin State University.

SFASU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from SFASU. About 51% of these graduates were women and the other 49% were men.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at SFASU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stephen F Austin State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

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 Stephen F Austin 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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.