Criminal Justice & Corrections at Prairie View A & M University
PVAMU is located in Prairie View, Texas and has a total student population of 9,248.
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.
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PVAMU Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
Online Classes Are Available at PVAMU
If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.
Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? PVAMU offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:
- Master’s Degree
PVAMU Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings
The criminal justice major at PVAMU 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.
How Much Do Criminal Justice Graduates from PVAMU Make?
The median salary of criminal justice students who receive their bachelor's degree at PVAMU is $30,775. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,135 for all criminal justice students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at PVAMU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Prairie View A & M University.
PVAMU Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Program

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% 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 Prairie View A & M University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 109 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
PVAMU 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
If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Prairie View A & M University. A concentration may not be available for your level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
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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 Prairie View A & M 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 |
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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.
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