Bachelor's · Winona, Minnesota
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $67,500
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $85,354
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $87k (likely $87k – $87k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $44k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.4 years (likely 2.5–4.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $149k (likely $3k – $310k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $681k (likely $366k – $1.04M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 64%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$240,586
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$105,165
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$104,761
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$104,441
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$99,345
- Data Analytics (Master's)$94,724
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$91,805
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$89,093
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$86,445
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$84,744
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$84,590
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$83,079
Criminal Justice and Corrections at other schools in Minnesota
- Concordia University-Saint Paul$73,060
- Herzing University-Minneapolis$69,601
- Saint Cloud State University$66,850
- Southwest Minnesota State University$64,654
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$64,585
- Metropolitan State University$64,481
- University of Northwestern-St Paul$64,339
- Winona State University$62,220
- Rasmussen University-Minnesota$60,483
- Capella University$59,375