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Criminal Justice & Police Science at North Central Texas College

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Criminal Justice & Police Science at North Central Texas College

What traits are you looking for in a police science school? To help you decide if North Central Texas College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's police science program.

NCTC is located in Gainesville, Texas and has a total student population of 8,352. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 16 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.

NCTC Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Police Science

Online Classes Are Available at NCTC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NCTC offers distance education options for police science at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

NCTC Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at NCTC

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

NCTC Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

56% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 37% women each year. The program at NCTC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 20% more women than average.

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NCTC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in police science graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 TX, the home state for North Central Texas College.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 60,260 $61,870
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 15,930 $79,950
Private Detectives and Investigators 1,570 $49,250
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 1,220 $68,040

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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