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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Rowan University

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

Rowan is located in Glassboro, New Jersey and has a total student population of 19,678.

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.

Rowan Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Police Science (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

Rowan Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at Rowan is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Police Science. 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.

Police Science Student Demographics at Rowan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Rowan University.

Rowan Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 288 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in police science from Rowan. About 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical police science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at Rowan since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in police science at Rowan 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 Rowan University with a bachelor's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 33
Hispanic or Latino 28
White 210
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

Rowan also has a doctoral program available in police science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 NJ, the home state for Rowan University.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 19,950 $83,720
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 3,130 $102,600
Private Detectives and Investigators 740 $64,250
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 470 $87,300
Bailiffs 80 $52,490

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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