Criminal Justice & Corrections at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin

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

UT Permian Basin is located in Odessa, Texas and has a total student population of 5,530. Of the 935 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas of the Permian Basin in 2021, 23 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.

UT Permian Basin Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UT Permian Basin

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

UT Permian Basin Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the criminal justice progam at UT Permian Basin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at UT Permian Basin 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
Most Popular Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	227
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	255

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from UT Permian Basin. This makes it the #256 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UT Permian Basin

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

UT Permian Basin Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UT Permian Basin. About 78% of these graduates were women and the other 22% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 of the Permian Basin with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Permian Basin Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a master's degree in criminal justice from UT Permian Basin. About 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from UT Permian Basin, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

UT Permian Basin also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 of the Permian Basin.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.