Criminal Justice Studies at The University of Texas at El Paso

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice studies school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at El Paso is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice studies program.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UTEP Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at UTEP

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UTEP does offer online courses in criminal justice studies for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UTEP Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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 Studies Student Demographics at UTEP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at The University of Texas at El Paso.

UTEP Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of criminal justice studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	234
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UTEP Criminal Justice Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of criminal justice studies master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

In the criminal justice studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 93% of degree recipients. That is 42% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies 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 The University of Texas at El Paso.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Police and Detective Supervisors	6,400	$87,840
Correctional Officer Supervisors	4,000	$52,500
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
• Image Credit: By Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.