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Criminal Justice at Nevada State College

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Criminal Justice at Nevada State College

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

NSC is located in Henderson, Nevada and has a total student population of 7,289.

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

NSC Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice

NSC Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at NSC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. 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.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at NSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Nevada State College.

NSC Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal justice from NSC in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at NSC 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 Nevada State College with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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

NSC also has a doctoral program available in criminal justice. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Criminal Justice Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for Nevada State College.

Occupation Jobs in NV Average Salary in NV
Managers 7,120 $102,060
Police and Detective Supervisors 920 $101,690
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 160 $51,750

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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