by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Securities Services Administration/Management. 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 Chicago. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in criminal justice, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UChicago was $2,010 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $60,300 | $60,300 |
| Fees | $1,248 | $1,248 |
The median early career salary of criminal justice students who receive their master’s degree from UChicago is $84,653 per year. That is 94% higher than the national average of $43,748.
UChicago 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 UChicago Online Learning page.
Women made up around 55.2% 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%.
Around 41.4% of criminal justice master’s degree recipients at UChicago in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 45%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 15 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Securities Services Administration/Management | 29 |
*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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