Criminal Justice & Police Science at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

Every criminal justice and police science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the police science program at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UW Tacoma is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 5,364.

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.

UW Tacoma Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

Online Classes Are Available at UW Tacoma

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

UW Tacoma does offer online education options in police science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UW Tacoma Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at UW Tacoma 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 UW Tacoma

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

UW Tacoma Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 111 police science majors earned their bachelor's degree from UW Tacoma. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical police science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at UW Tacoma since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its police science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Washington - Tacoma Campus with a bachelor's in police science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	52
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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

Related Majors

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Tacoma Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	9,670	$77,670
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	2,350	$85,440
Bailiffs	170	$56,170
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	120	$58,730

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.