Students with a Criminal Justice degree from TWU are able to utilize their majors by following several different career paths. Graduates have gone on to law school, many find themselves in jobs in the field, such as police detective, probation officer, or correctional supervisor. Students attend graduate school, enter the social work field, and more.

Criminal Justice majors have multiple opportunities for involvement within the program, including the Criminal Justice Club, the biennial trip to Washington D.C., the annual event hosting world renowned forensic anthropologist, Dr. Bill Bass, and more.

One popular feature of the Criminal Justice major is the processing of a crime scene in Crime Scene Forensics class each fall, immediately proceeded by the trying of the case in Trial Practice and Evidence class each spring.