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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Fox Valley Technical College

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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Fox Valley Technical College

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

FVTC is located in Appleton, Wisconsin and approximately 11,711 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 74 students received their associate's degree in police science.

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.

FVTC Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Police Science (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Police Science

FVTC Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at FVTC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Fox Valley Technical College.

FVTC Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

38% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 62% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 37% women each year. The program at FVTC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in police science at FVTC are white. Around 77% 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 Fox Valley Technical College with a associate's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 57
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 WI, the home state for Fox Valley Technical College.

Occupation Jobs in WI Average Salary in WI
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,260 $62,040
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 1,280 $76,590
Private Detectives and Investigators 270 $43,790
Bailiffs 190 $31,320
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 180 $72,160

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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