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Legal Professions at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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Legal Professions at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Every legal professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the legal professions program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice stacks up to those at other schools.

John Jay is located in New York, New York and approximately 15,766 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 148 legal professions majors received their bachelor's degree from John Jay.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Professions

The following rankings from College Factual show how the legal professions progam at John Jay compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The legal professions major at John Jay is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Professions. 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools 74
Best Value Legal Professions Schools 119
Most Focused Legal Professions Schools 208

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

70% Women
82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of legal professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal professions 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 legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 23
Black or African American 24
Hispanic or Latino 66
White 20
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

John Jay also has a doctoral program available in legal professions. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

The following legal professions concentations are available at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 148

A degree in legal professions 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
Lawyers 76,840 $167,110
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 25,500 $58,750
Legal Secretaries 15,440 $55,920
Law Professors 3,440 $137,990
Judges, and Magistrates 3,170 $158,970

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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