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Criminal Justice & Corrections at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 34,742 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,440 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2021, 324 of them were criminal justice and corrections majors.

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.

UTSA Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

UTSA Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at UTSA 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 UTSA 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 Schools 515

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from UTSA. This makes it the #113 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from UTSA Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTSA is $30,974. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UTSA

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

UTSA Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

54% Women
81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 324 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from UTSA in 2021, 46% were men and 54% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 19
Hispanic or Latino 228
White 63
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

UTSA Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

79% Women
79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 14 students who earned a master's degree in Criminal Justice & Corrections from UTSA in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

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In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 79% of degree recipients. That is 28% 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 San Antonio 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 2
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UTSA 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio.

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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