Criminal Justice Studies at Mississippi Valley State University

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

Mississippi Valley State University is located in Itta Bena, Mississippi and has a total student population of 2,032.

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

Mississippi Valley State University Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Mississippi Valley State University Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

The criminal justice studies major at Mississippi Valley State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice Studies. 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.

Criminal Justice Studies Student Demographics at Mississippi Valley State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at Mississippi Valley State University.

Mississippi Valley State University Criminal Justice Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice studies from Mississippi Valley State University. About 65% of these graduates were women and the other 35% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Police and Detective Supervisors	1,210	$51,870
Correctional Officer Supervisors	420	$43,720
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	60	$76,000

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Chillin662 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.