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Sacred Heart University MS in Criminal Justice & Corrections

12 Master's Degrees Awarded
$47,260 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 Sacred Heart University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in criminal justice, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Criminal Justice from Sacred Heart Cost?

$34,806 Average Tuition and Fees

Sacred Heart Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Sacred Heart paid an average of $810 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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 $34,806 $34,806

How Much Can You Make With a MS in Criminal Justice From Sacred Heart?

$47,260 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of criminal justice students who receive their master’s degree from Sacred Heart is $47,260 per year. That is 8% higher than the national average of $43,748.

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Does Sacred Heart Offer an Online MS in Criminal Justice?

Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart Online Learning page.

Sacred Heart Master’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice

12 Master's Degrees Awarded
66.7% Women
8.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 12 students received their master’s degree in criminal justice. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 66.7% of the students who received their MS in criminal justice in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.0%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 8.3% of criminal justice master’s degree recipients at Sacred Heart in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 45%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

MS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at Sacred Heart

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice 12

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Security Science and Technology 28

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References

*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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