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Criminal Justice at Texas State University

Criminal Justice at Texas State University

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

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and has a total student population of 37,812.

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.

Texas State Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Texas State Criminal Justice Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Criminal Justice Master’s Program

63% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 37% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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