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Criminal Justice at Tennessee State University

If you are interested in studying criminal justice, you may want to check out the program at Tennessee State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Tennessee State University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 7,615.

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

Tennessee State University Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Tennessee State University Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at Tennessee State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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 Student Demographics at Tennessee State University

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

Tennessee State University Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 62 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Tennessee State University in 2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Tennessee State University with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 44
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 TN, the home state for Tennessee State University.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Managers 14,480 $83,010
Police and Detective Supervisors 4,010 $65,320
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 230 $53,670

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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