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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northwest-Shoals Community College

If you are interested in studying criminal justice and corrections, you may want to check out the program at Northwest-Shoals Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NW-SCC is located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and has a total student population of 3,360. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 8 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.

NW-SCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

NW-SCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at NW-SCC

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

NW-SCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

38% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at NW-SCC are white. Around 75% 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-Shoals Community College with a associate's in criminal justice.

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

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwest-Shoals Community 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 AL, the home state for Northwest-Shoals Community College.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Accountants and Auditors 15,720 $70,310
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,410 $45,930
Correctional Officers and Jailers 4,680 $36,760
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 3,460 $40,710
Managers 2,110 $106,680

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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