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Criminal Justice at Arizona Western College

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Criminal Justice at Arizona Western College

If you plan to study criminal justice, take a look at what Arizona Western College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

AWC is located in Yuma, Arizona and approximately 6,487 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 78 students received their associate's degree in criminal justice.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

AWC Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

AWC Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at AWC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Arizona Western College.

AWC Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

60% Women
94% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

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AWC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arizona Western College with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 71
White 3
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Criminal Justice Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AZ, the home state for Arizona Western College.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Managers 8,520 $101,630
Police and Detective Supervisors 3,020 $94,120
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 120 $62,550

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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