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Tarleton State University MS in Criminal Justice & Corrections

32 Master's Degrees Awarded
$59,485 Average Salary
YES Online Classes

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 Tarleton State University. 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, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Criminal Justice from Tarleton Cost?

$7,223 Average Tuition and Fees

Tarleton Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at Tarleton paid an average of $695 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $236 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 $4,248 $12,510
Fees $2,975 $2,975

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

$59,485 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

criminal justice who receive their master’s degree from Tarleton make an average of $59,485 a year during the early days of their career. That is 36% higher than the national average of $43,748.

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Does Tarleton Offer an Online MS in Criminal Justice?

If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that Tarleton offers online option in its criminal justice master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Tarleton Online Learning page.

Tarleton Master’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

32 Master's Degrees Awarded
46.9% Women
43.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 32 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 46.9% 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%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in criminal justice at Tarleton in 2019-2020, 43.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 45%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 7
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

MS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at Tarleton

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice Studies 32

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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