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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Metropolitan State University

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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Metropolitan State University

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

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 7,552 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.

Metro State Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

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

Metro State Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at Metro State 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 Metro State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Metropolitan State University.

Metro State Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

39% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 61% of police science bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical police science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in police science at Metro State 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 Metropolitan State University with a bachelor's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 36
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Metro State 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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 9,450 $69,060
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 1,490 $76,640
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 210 $75,310
Bailiffs 180 $46,890

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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