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Carlow University MS in Criminal Justice & Corrections

The main focus area for this major is Financial Forensics & Fraud Investigation. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Criminal Justice & Corrections is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at Carlow University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in criminal justice, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Rankings for the Carlow MS in Criminal Justice

#678 in the U.S
#47 in Pennsylvania

Each year, College Factual produces its Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools ranking to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. A school's placement in this ranking is determined by a number of objective factors, including student debt accumulation, post-graduation earnings, and student and faculty diversity.

On the 2021 list, Carlow was ranked #678 out of 782 schools in the country for this major at the master's level. It is also ranked #47 in Pennsylvania.

How Much Does a Master’s in Criminal Justice from Carlow Cost?

$19,036 Average Tuition and Fees
$33,054 Average Student Debt

Carlow Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2018-2019, the average part-time graduate tuition at Carlow was $876 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $18,766 $18,766
Fees $270 $270

Carlow Criminal Justice MS Student Debt

One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Criminal Justice students who received their master’s degree at Carlow took out an average of $33,054 in student loans. That is 14% lower than the national average of $38,421.

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How Much Can You Make With a MS in Criminal Justice From Carlow?

$54,000 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

criminal justice who receive their master’s degree from Carlow make an average of $54,000 a year during the early days of their career. That is 23% higher than the national average of $43,748.

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Does Carlow Offer an Online MS in Criminal Justice?

Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the criminal justice master’s degree program at Carlow. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Carlow Online Learning page.

Carlow Master’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

14 Master's Degrees Awarded
57.1% Women
21.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2018-2019 academic year, 14 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in criminal justice in 2018-2019, 57.1% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 56.1%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 21.4% of criminal justice master’s degree recipients at Carlow in 2018-2019 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

MS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at Carlow

Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Financial Forensics & Fraud Investigation 14

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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