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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Colorado Mountain College

Criminal Justice & Police Science at Colorado Mountain College

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

Colorado Mountain College is located in Glenwood Springs, Colorado and approximately 5,315 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.

Colorado Mountain College Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Police Science (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Police Science

Colorado Mountain College Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at Colorado Mountain College

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

Colorado Mountain College Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

20% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 80% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

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Colorado Mountain College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in police science graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 CO, the home state for Colorado Mountain College.

Occupation Jobs in CO Average Salary in CO
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 9,840 $72,950
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 1,780 $87,280
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 430 $62,040
Private Detectives and Investigators 340 $53,860

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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