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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Medaille College

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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Medaille College

Every criminal justice and police science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the police science program at Medaille College stacks up to those at other schools.

Medaille is located in Buffalo, New York and approximately 2,076 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.

Medaille Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

Medaille Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at Medaille 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 Medaille

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

Medaille Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

54% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students earned a bachelor's degree in police science from Medaille. About 54% of these graduates were women and the other 46% were men. The typical police science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at Medaille since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in police science at Medaille are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Medaille 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 Medaille College.

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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