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.

  • for federal positions
  • for jobs nationwide in corrections
  • for jobs nationwide in law enforcement
  • for jobs nationwide in law enforcement
  • for law enforcement jobs in Texas
  • for Texas DPS jobs in law enforcement, emergency management, and forensic science
  • for state victim services jobs. (Select Protective Services)
  • for state park police or game wardens
  • for corporate security