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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and approximately 10,820 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 69 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

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.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Texas A&M Corpus Christi Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at Texas A&M Corpus Christi compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Texas A&M Corpus Christi 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 367

Earnings of Texas A&M Corpus Christi Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas A&M Corpus Christi is $34,665. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

61% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The criminal justice program at Texas A&M Corpus Christi awarded 69 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 39% of these degrees went to men with the other 61% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 50
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Texas A&M Corpus Christi also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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