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Criminal Justice at American River College

Criminal Justice at American River College

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

American River is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 25,422 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice section at the bottom of this page.

American River Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

American River Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at American River

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at American River College.

American River Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

62% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American River College with a associate's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 23
White 41
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

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 CA, the home state for American River College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Police and Detective Supervisors 4,950 $154,430
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 1,260 $111,240

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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