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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Lamar University

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what Lamar University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and has a total student population of 16,637.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice & Corrections section at the bottom of this page.

Lamar University Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Lamar University Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

The criminal justice major at Lamar University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Corrections. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Earnings of Lamar University Criminal Justice Graduates

The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lamar University is $38,297. This is 12% higher than $34,135, which is the national average for all criminal justice bachelor's degree recipients.

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Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Lamar University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Lamar University.

Lamar University Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 84 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Lamar University. About 50% were men and 50% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lamar University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 27
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 32
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Lamar University also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Lamar University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

Careers That Criminal Justice Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Lamar University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Accountants and Auditors 115,270 $80,200
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 60,260 $61,870
Computer Workers 25,620 $90,290
Managers 20,710 $122,130
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 19,510 $48,920

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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