Bachelor's · Martin, Tennessee
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at The University of Tennessee-Martin 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $37,930
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $49,562
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,199
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $43k (likely $43k – $57k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.7 years (likely 4.6–10.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$105k (likely −$174k – −$39k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $60k (likely −$82k – $210k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 51%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at The University of Tennessee-Martin
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$99,532
- Engineering, General (Bachelor's)$87,043
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$79,403
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$77,092
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$64,840
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$63,410
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$59,759
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$59,150
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$54,552
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$53,979
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$52,029
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$50,046
Criminal Justice and Corrections at other schools in Tennessee
- Bethel University$62,967
- Middle Tennessee State University$55,481
- Strayer University-Tennessee$53,916
- The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga$53,565
- University of Memphis$53,399
- Austin Peay State University$53,376
- Cumberland University$51,032
- King University$48,784
- Tusculum University$48,680
- Tennessee State University$46,062