by our College Data Analytics TeamCriminal Justice Studies is a concentration offered under the criminal justice and corrections major at New Mexico State University - Main Campus. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in criminal justice studies, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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BS in Criminal Justice - Criminology & Crime Analysis
Track and understand criminal behavior by earning a BS in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Criminology & Crime Analysis.
Out-of-state part-time graduates at NMSU Main Campus paid an average of $963 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $277 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 | $4,981 | $17,330 |
| Fees | $945 | $945 |
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. NMSU Main Campus does offer online classes in its criminal justice studies master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NMSU Main Campus Online Learning page.
Women made up around 62.5% of the criminal justice studies students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 60.8%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in criminal justice studies at NMSU Main Campus in 2019-2020, 93.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 46%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 1 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
*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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