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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northwest College

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

Northwest Community College is located in Powell, Wyoming and has a total student population of 1,438. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 11 students received their associate's degree in criminal justice.

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

Northwest Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Northwest Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Northwest Community College

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

Northwest Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

45% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 55% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at Northwest Community College are white. Around 82% 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 Northwest College with a associate'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 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

Criminal Justice & Corrections majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwest College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

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 WY, the home state for Northwest College.

Occupation Jobs in WY Average Salary in WY
Accountants and Auditors 1,810 $66,180
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 1,130 $55,050
Correctional Officers and Jailers 830 $42,290
Managers 770 $100,310
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 770 $50,200

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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