Overview

The Lamar University Online MS with a concentration in Criminal Justice offers you an extensive business management background while preparing you to apply management principles in a criminal justice setting. You'll gain insight on how business management can be applied to the highest ranking positions in the field of criminal justice.

Career Paths

Corrections administrators are responsible for the security and safety of a correctional facility. Administrative staff and supervisors in a prison direct the activities of corrections officers and ensure the facility has an appropriate amount of staff.

Prison wardens manage the facility and must prepare reports and budgets while providing leadership for supervisors and administrative personnel. Jobs for correctional officers and jailers are expected to increase by 4% from 2014 to 2024.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Criminal Justice System and Policy
Theoretical Crime Control
Special Studies Applied Criminology Law
Criminal Justice Leadership
Criminal Justice Studies

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-05 00:00:00
Starting 2026-08-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-30 00:00:00
Starting 2026-10-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-21 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-30 00:00:00
Starting 2027-03-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-23 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Beaumont, United States

Disciplines

Criminal Justice View 203 other Masters in Criminal Justice in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete online application and pay a one-time application fee of $25
Submit official transcripts from all high schools, colleges, and universities you have attended
A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university. Students with undergraduate degrees in another field besides criminal justice, criminology, or sociology but with substantial work experience in criminal/juvenile justice may be admitted with special approval. Those without substantial work experience and with undergraduate degrees in other fields may be admitted after taking specified undergraduate courses upon the advisement of the Program Director/Advisor(s).
GPA Requirements:
Those with a GPA of 3.00 or higher on their last 60 Undergraduate hours will be admitted unconditionally

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

10802 USD / year

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Out-of-State

10802 USD / year

≈ 10802 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

10802 USD / year

≈ 10802 USD / year

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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