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Mount Mercy University MS in Criminal Justice & Corrections

20 Master's Degrees Awarded
$39,369 Average Salary

The 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 Mount Mercy University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in criminal justice, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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

$10,870 Average Tuition and Fees

Mount Mercy Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Mount Mercy paid an average of $600 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$10,800$10,800
Fees$70$70

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

$39,369 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

criminal justice who receive their master’s degree from Mount Mercy make an average of $39,369 a year during the early days of their career. That is 10% lower than the national average of $43,748.

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Does Mount Mercy Offer an Online MS in Criminal Justice?

Online degrees for the Mount Mercy criminal justice master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mount Mercy Online Learning page.

Mount Mercy Master’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

20 Master's Degrees Awarded
45.0% Women
20.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 20 master’s degrees in criminal justice awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 45.0% 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

Around 20.0% of criminal justice master’s degree recipients at Mount Mercy in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 45%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian0
Black or African American4
Hispanic or Latino0
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White15
International Students0
Other Races/Ethnicities1

MS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at Mount Mercy

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Criminal Justice20

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*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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