Criminal Justice Studies at Bucks County Community College

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice studies school? To help you decide if Bucks County Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice studies program.

Bucks County Community College is located in Newtown, Pennsylvania and approximately 6,988 students attend the school each year.

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

Bucks County Community College Criminal Justice Studies Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice Studies

Online Classes Are Available at Bucks County Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Bucks County Community College does offer online education options in criminal justice studies for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Associate’s Degree

Bucks County Community College Criminal Justice Studies Rankings

Criminal Justice Studies Student Demographics at Bucks County Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice studies majors at Bucks County Community College.

Bucks County Community College Criminal Justice Studies Associate’s Program

46% Women

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of criminal justice studies associate's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice studies only graduates about 41% men each year. The program at Bucks County Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 13% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice studies at Bucks County Community College are white. Around 77% 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 Bucks County Community College with a associate's in criminal justice studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	47
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Careers That Criminal Justice Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Bucks County Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Police and Detective Supervisors	3,350	$92,170
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	760	$83,960

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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