by our College Data Analytics TeamCriminal Justice & Corrections is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at Ship paid an average of $774 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $516 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 | $9,288 | $13,932 |
| Fees | $2,682 | $2,898 |
criminal justice who receive their master’s degree from Ship make an average of $42,682 a year during the early days of their career. That is 2% lower than the national average of $43,748.
Ship 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 Ship Online Learning page.
Women made up around 41.2% of the criminal justice students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 57.0%.
Around 35.3% of criminal justice master’s degree recipients at Ship 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 | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 11 |
| 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 Studies | 8 |
| Juvenile Corrections | 9 |
*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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