by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Criminal Justice. 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 Mount Mercy 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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Part-time graduates at Mount Mercy paid an average of $600 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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 | $10,800 | $10,800 |
| Fees | $70 | $70 |
criminal justice who receive their master’s degree from Mount Mercy make an average of $39,369 a year during the early days of their career. That is 10% lower than the national average of $43,748.
Online degrees for the Mount Mercy 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 Mount Mercy Online Learning page.
About 45.0% of the students who received their MS in criminal justice in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 57.0%.
Around 20.0% of criminal justice master’s degree recipients at Mount Mercy in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 45%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 15 |
| 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 | 20 |
*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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