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 University of Central Missouri. 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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UCM paid an average of $634 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $317 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 | $7,608 | $15,216 |
| Fees | $1,178 | $1,178 |
criminal justice who receive their master’s degree from UCM make an average of $39,153 a year during the early days of their career. That is 11% lower than the national average of $43,748.
If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that UCM 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 UCM Online Learning page.
Women made up around 57.1% of the criminal justice students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 57.0%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in criminal justice at UCM in 2019-2020, 7.1% were 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 | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 12 |
| 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 | 14 |
*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.