by our College Data Analytics TeamCriminal Justice & Corrections is a major offered under the homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting program of study at Metropolitan State University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in criminal justice, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Navigating today's complex criminal justice system takes a great communicator with real–world perspective. The goal of SNHU's Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice is to get you there. You'll learn from professionals across all disciplines who bring their experience to the classroom.
In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Metro State is in the top 10% of the country for criminal justice. More specifically it was ranked #111 out of 1,142 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #9 in Minnesota.
Here are some of the other rankings for Metro State.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Metro State paid an average of $485 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $238 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,136 | $14,560 |
| Fees | $1,113 | $1,113 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,500 | $1,500 |
Learn more about Metro State tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Criminal Justice students who received their bachelor’s degree at Metro State took out an average of $31,186 in student loans. That is 12% higher than the national average of $27,924.
The median early career salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Metro State is $43,054 per year. That is 33% higher than the national average of $32,399.
Metro State does not offer an online option for its criminal justice bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Metro State Online Learning page.
Women made up around 43.3% of the criminal justice students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 53.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at Metro State in 2019-2020, 46.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 50%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 19 |
| Black or African American | 27 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 72 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice Studies | 83 |
| Criminal Justice & Police Science | 51 |
*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.
