Criminal Justice & Corrections at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Every criminal justice and corrections school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the criminal justice program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and has a total student population of 32,441. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 520 students received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from UT Rio Grande Valley.

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 Rio Grande Valley Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The criminal justice major at UT Rio Grande Valley 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 Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	18
Most Focused Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Degree Schools	188
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	219

In 2021, 24 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice from UT Rio Grande Valley. This makes it the #63 most popular school for criminal justice master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from UT Rio Grande Valley Make?

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Rio Grande Valley is $30,182. This is less than $34,135, which is the national average of all criminal justice majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Of the 520 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from UT Rio Grande Valley in 2021, 51% were men and 49% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	506
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UT Rio Grande Valley Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students earned a master's degree in criminal justice from UT Rio Grande Valley. About 46% of these graduates were women and the other 54% were men.

In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 92% of degree recipients. That is 41% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Homeland Security

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 Rio Grande Valley.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.