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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Harrisburg Area Community College

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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Harrisburg Area Community College

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

HACC is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 15,376. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 17 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.

HACC Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Police Science

HACC Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at HACC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Harrisburg Area Community College.

HACC Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

24% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 76% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in police science at HACC are white. Around 76% 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 Harrisburg Area Community College with a associate's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 PA, the home state for Harrisburg Area Community College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 27,850 $66,600
Private Detectives and Investigators 3,100 $45,950
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 2,830 $85,730
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 760 $83,960
Bailiffs 720 $32,830

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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