by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Criminal Justice Studies. 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 Governors State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in criminal justice, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at GSU paid an average of $706 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $353 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,354 | $12,708 |
| Fees | $1,966 | $1,966 |
Online degrees for the GSU criminal justice master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GSU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 66.7% of the criminal justice students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.0%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in criminal justice at GSU in 2019-2020, 66.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 45%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 1 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice Studies | 6 |
*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.
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