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Criminal Justice Studies at Des Moines Area Community College

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Criminal Justice Studies at Des Moines Area Community College

If you are interested in studying criminal justice studies, you may want to check out the program at Des Moines Area Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

DMACC is located in Ankeny, Iowa and approximately 23,051 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 23 students received their associate's degree in criminal justice studies.

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

DMACC Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

DMACC Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

Criminal Justice Studies Student Demographics at DMACC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at Des Moines Area Community College.

DMACC Criminal Justice Studies Associate’s Program

48% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 52% of criminal justice studies associate's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice studies only graduates about 43% men each year. The program at DMACC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice studies at DMACC are white. Around 74% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Des Moines Area Community College with a associate's in criminal justice studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Des Moines Area Community College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Police and Detective Supervisors 1,080 $81,800
Correctional Officer Supervisors 240 $69,790
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 130 $88,750

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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