Career Opportunities
Criminal justice is an expanding field and offers many diverse career options. With a degree from the College of Criminal Justice, the sky is the limit. Here are just some of the careers waiting for you!
- Police Officer
- Game Warden
- Detective
- FBI Special Agent
- U.S. Marshal
- U.S. Postal Inspector
- Correctional Officer
- Victim Witness Assistant
- Forensic Anthropologist
- Legal Assistant
- Loss Prevention Officers
- Private Investigator
- Criminologist
- Victims' Advocate
- Sheriff
- Animal Cruelty Officer
- Federal Air Marshal
- Customers and Border Patrol Officer
- Immigration Officer
- Arson and Fire Investigator
- Crime Scene Investigator
- Cyber Crime Investigator
- Forensic Accountant
- Highway Patrol Officer
- Parole Officer
- Security Officer
- Fraud Investigator
- Emergency Management Officer
- . . . and many more
Don't Know Where to Look for Jobs?
We've collected job listing sites for law enforcement, corrections, victim services, forensic science, and security studies to help you in your serach.
Bearkats get Hired. In addition to Bearkats Get Hired, the College also recommends several external sites for job searches in law enforcement, corrections, victim services, forensic science, and security studies. Following is a list of those sites.
- USA Jobs for federal positions
- Discover Corrections for jobs nationwide in corrections
- Discover Policing for jobs nationwide in law enforcement
- PoliceOne for jobs nationwide in law enforcement
- Texas Commission on Law Enforcement for law enforcement jobs in Texas
- Texas Department of Public Safety for Texas DPS jobs in law enforcement, emergency management, and forensic science
- Texas Department of Health and Human Services for state victim services jobs. (Select Protective Services)
- Texas Parks and Wildlife for state park police or game wardens
- American Society of Industrial Security for corporate security