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Criminal Justice & Police Science at William Carey University

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Criminal Justice & Police Science at William Carey University

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 William Carey University stacks up to those at other schools.

William Carey University is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and has a total student population of 5,472.

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.

William Carey University Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

William Carey University Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at William Carey University 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 William Carey University

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

William Carey University Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

72% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 police science majors earned their bachelor's degree from William Carey University. Of these graduates, 28% were men and 72% were women. The typical police science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at William Carey University since its program graduates 35% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 William Carey University with a bachelor's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

William Carey University 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 MS, the home state for William Carey University.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 7,520 $35,550
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 870 $64,150
Bailiffs 140 $30,920
Private Detectives and Investigators 110 $46,890
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 60 $76,000

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*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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