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Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

If you plan to study criminal justice, take a look at what John Jay College of Criminal Justice has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

John Jay is located in New York, New York and approximately 15,766 students attend the school each year.

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.

John Jay Criminal Justice Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Criminal Justice (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice
  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice

John Jay Criminal Justice Rankings

The criminal justice major at John Jay is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at John Jay

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

John Jay Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
85% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of criminal justice bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its criminal justice bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a bachelor's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 176
Black or African American 260
Hispanic or Latino 665
White 176
International Students 31
Other Races/Ethnicities 45

John Jay Criminal Justice Master’s Program

70% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of criminal justice master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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In the criminal justice master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a master's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 17
Black or African American 34
Hispanic or Latino 41
White 57
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 NY, the home state for John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Police and Detective Supervisors 12,650 $115,940
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 1,450 $62,080

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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