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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Baton Rouge Community College

Criminal Justice & Corrections at Baton Rouge Community College

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

BRCC is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and has a total student population of 7,376.

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

BRCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

BRCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at BRCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Baton Rouge Community College.

BRCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

70% Women
85% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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BRCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Baton Rouge Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Police Science 22

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 LA, the home state for Baton Rouge Community College.

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,810 $41,550
Accountants and Auditors 10,390 $66,860
Managers 9,790 $87,080
Correctional Officers and Jailers 7,890 $34,370
Computer Workers 4,050 $66,600

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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