Criminal Justice at Butte College

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

Butte College is located in Oroville, California and has a total student population of 9,335.

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.

Butte College Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice (Less Than 1 Year)
Undergrad Certificate in Criminal Justice (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Butte College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Butte College offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

Butte College Criminal Justice Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Butte College

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

Butte College Criminal Justice Associate’s Program

46% Women

44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice only graduates about 45% men each year. The program at Butte College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at Butte College are white. Around 53% 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 Butte College with a associate's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	30
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Criminal Justice & Police Science

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 Butte 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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