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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Bergen Community College

Criminal Justice & Police Science at Bergen Community College

If you plan to study criminal justice & police science, take a look at what Bergen Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Bergen Community College is located in Paramus, New Jersey and has a total student population of 11,409.

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.

Bergen Community College Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Police Science

Bergen Community College Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at Bergen Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Bergen Community College.

Bergen Community College Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in police science at Bergen Community College are white. Around 57% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bergen Community College with a associate's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Bergen Community College.

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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