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Criminal Justice & Police Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

What traits are you looking for in a police science school? To help you decide if John Jay College of Criminal Justice is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's police science program.

John Jay is located in New York, New York and approximately 15,766 students attend the school each year.

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

John Jay Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

John Jay Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at John Jay is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Police Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Police Science Student Demographics at John Jay

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

John Jay Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

54% Women
91% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 246 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in police science from John Jay in 2021, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical police science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at John Jay since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities in its police science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a bachelor's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 20
Black or African American 53
Hispanic or Latino 143
White 17
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

John Jay also has a doctoral program available in police science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Police Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in police science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 53,560 $74,860
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 8,880 $91,250
Bailiffs 4,010 $66,990
Private Detectives and Investigators 1,720 $61,950
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 1,450 $62,080

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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