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 McNeese State 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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at McNeese paid an average of $931 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $473 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 | $5,703 | $13,740 |
| Fees | $2,646 | $2,646 |
criminal justice who receive their master’s degree from McNeese make an average of $38,289 a year during the early days of their career. That is 12% lower 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 McNeese. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the McNeese Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in criminal justice in 2019-2020, 69.2% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 50.0% of the criminal justice master’s degrees at McNeese in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 45%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 11 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 13 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice Studies | 26 |
*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.