Master's · Houston, Texas
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at Texas Southern University 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $72,037
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $57,518
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $61k (likely $61k – $61k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $11k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.3 years (likely 3.9–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$128k (likely −$268k – $43k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$7k (likely −$285k – $358k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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
- 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
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$55,321
Criminal Justice and Corrections at other schools in Texas
- Texas Christian University$90,196
- University of Houston-Downtown$72,529
- The University of Texas at Arlington$71,022
- Texas State University$65,491
- Tarleton State University$64,860
- Lamar University$63,452
- Sam Houston State University$62,489
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$60,455
- South University-Austin$55,950
- University of North Texas$53,340