Criminal Justice & Police Science at Bunker Hill Community College

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

BHCC is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 9,924 students attend the school each year.

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.

BHCC Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Police Science

BHCC Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at BHCC

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

BHCC Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

67% Women

74% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at BHCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 32% more women than average.

BHCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in police science graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 MA, the home state for Bunker Hill Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	16,830	$69,870
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	1,340	$101,800
Private Detectives and Investigators	550	$49,290
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	370	$75,080

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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