University of California - Davis MS in Criminal Justice & Corrections
The main focus area for this major is Forensic Science & Technology. 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 California - Davis. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’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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Rankings for the UC Davis MS in Criminal Justice
Each year, College Factual produces its Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Master's Degree Schools ranking to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. A school's placement in this ranking is determined by a number of objective factors, including student debt accumulation, post-graduation earnings, and student and faculty diversity.
On the 2021 list, UC Davis was ranked #158 out of 782 schools in the country for this major at the master's level. It is also ranked #20 in California.
How Much Does a Master’s in Criminal Justice from UC Davis Cost?
UC Davis Graduate Tuition and Fees
Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $11,442 | $26,544 |
Fees | $2,156 | $2,156 |
Does UC Davis Offer an Online MS in Criminal Justice?
UC Davis 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 UC Davis Online Learning page.
UC Davis Master’s Student Diversity for Criminal Justice
Male-to-Female Ratio
Women made up around 66.7% of the criminal justice students who took home a master’s degree in 2018-2019. This is higher than the nationwide number of 56.1%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 44.4% of the criminal justice master’s degrees at UC Davis in 2018-2019. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 43%.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 6 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 12 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
MS in Criminal Justice Focus Areas at UC Davis
Criminal Justice & Corrections students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Forensic Science & Technology | 27 |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.