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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Reading Area Community College

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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Reading Area Community College

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

RACC is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,924. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 25 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.

RACC Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Police Science

RACC Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at RACC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Reading Area Community College.

RACC 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 RACC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 19% more women than average.

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RACC 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 Reading Area Community College with a associate's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 11
International Students 0
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 PA, the home state for Reading Area Community College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 27,850 $66,600
Private Detectives and Investigators 3,100 $45,950
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 2,830 $85,730
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 760 $83,960
Bailiffs 720 $32,830

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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