by our College Data Analytics TeamCriminal Justice Studies is a concentration offered under the criminal justice and corrections major at Kent State University at Kent. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in criminal justice studies, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Kent State paid an average of $999 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $536 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,766 | $21,952 |
If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that Kent State offers online option in its criminal justice studies master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Kent State Online Learning page.
Women made up around 94.1% of the criminal justice studies students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 60.8%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in criminal justice studies at Kent State in 2019-2020, 23.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 46%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 12 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
*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.