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 Grand Canyon University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in criminal justice, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Grand Canyon University was $585 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,528 | $10,528 |
| Fees | $908 | $908 |
criminal justice who receive their master’s degree from Grand Canyon University make an average of $46,538 a year during the early days of their career. That is 6% higher than the national average of $43,748.
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the criminal justice master’s degree program at Grand Canyon University. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Grand Canyon University 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 Grand Canyon University in 2019-2020, 58.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 45%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 17 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 31 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 15 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice Studies | 93 |
*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.