Bachelor's · Houston, Texas
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at Texas Southern University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $41,096
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $49,368
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,749
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $76k (likely $70k – $99k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $13k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8.7 years (likely 6.3–12.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$143k (likely −$220k – −$70k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $27k (likely −$94k – $170k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 24%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Texas Southern University
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$141,000
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$76,981
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$74,170
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$71,595
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$70,201
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$67,066
- Law (First professional)$66,184
- Public Administration (Master's)$64,662
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor's)$62,728
- Communication and Media Studies (Master's)$62,147
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$59,386
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$56,482
Criminal Justice and Corrections at other schools in Texas
- Saint Edward's University$66,986
- McMurry University$63,963
- Texas Woman's University$60,708
- Stephen F Austin State University$58,606
- DeVry University-Texas$58,145
- West Texas A & M University$58,011
- Wayland Baptist University$57,805
- The University of Texas at Arlington$57,210
- Texas Christian University$56,791
- Angelo State University$54,853