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Rutgers University - Newark MS in Criminal Justice & Corrections

16 Master's Degrees Awarded
$48,432 Average Salary

The 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 Rutgers University - Newark. 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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How Much Does a Master’s in Criminal Justice from Rutgers Newark Cost?

$19,704 Average Tuition and Fees

Rutgers Newark Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Rutgers Newark paid an average of $1,256 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $739 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $17,736 $30,144
Fees $1,968 $1,968

How Much Can You Make With a MS in Criminal Justice From Rutgers Newark?

$48,432 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of criminal justice students who receive their master’s degree from Rutgers Newark is $48,432 per year. That is 11% higher than the national average of $43,748.

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Does Rutgers Newark Offer an Online MS in Criminal Justice?

Rutgers Newark does not offer an online option for its criminal justice master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Rutgers Newark Online Learning page.

Rutgers Newark Master’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

16 Master's Degrees Awarded
68.8% Women
62.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 16 master’s degrees in criminal justice awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 68.8% of the students who received their MS in criminal justice in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.0%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 62.5% of criminal justice master’s degree recipients at Rutgers Newark in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 45%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 4
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

MS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at Rutgers Newark

Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies 16

References

*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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