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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Texas State University

Every criminal justice and police science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the police science program at Texas State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and approximately 37,812 students attend the school each year.

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

Texas State Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

Texas State Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at Texas State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Police Science. 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.

Police Science Student Demographics at Texas State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Texas State University.

Texas State Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

32% Women
66% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in police science from Texas State. About 68% were men and 32% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its police science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas State University with a bachelor's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Texas State also has a doctoral program available in police science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Police Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in police science 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 Texas State University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 60,260 $61,870
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 15,930 $79,950
Private Detectives and Investigators 1,570 $49,250
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 1,220 $68,040

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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