Criminal Justice at Tarleton State University

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying criminal justice, you may want to check out the program at Tarleton State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Tarleton is located in Stephenville, Texas and approximately 14,016 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.

Tarleton Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Tarleton Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at Tarleton is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Tarleton

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

Tarleton Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

8% Women

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 92% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 8% went to women. The typical criminal justice bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Tarleton since its program graduates 48% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Tarleton 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 Tarleton State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Criminal Justice Studies

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 Tarleton 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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