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Legal Professions at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Legal Professions at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

What traits are you looking for in a school for Legal Professions, consider the program at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice is in New York, NY.

Online Class Availability at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Online coursework is an option at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Of 13,763 students, 2,362 (17%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 6,014 (44%) took at least some classes online.

Rankings can help you compare CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Legal Professions program to other colleges that offer this major.

Bachelor’s-Level Rankings

Ranking Scope Rank
Best Value Middle Atlantic (Region) #1 of 74
Best Value New York #1 of 27
Best Value Nationwide #9 of 450
Best Schools (Quality) New York #18 of 28
Best Schools (Quality) Middle Atlantic (Region) #43 of 76
Best Schools (Quality) Nationwide #205 of 459

Those who finish CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Legal Professions program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Median earnings by years after graduation for Legal Professions at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Years After Graduation Median Earnings
1 year $30,378
2 years $32,925
3 years $39,811
4 years $51,332
5 years $58,557

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years out, Legal Professions graduates from CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice report median earnings of $51,332, compared with $57,593 for all CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice graduates — about 11% lower than the school-wide median.

Legal Professions earnings compared with all majors at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Median Debt at Graduation

The median debt for Legal Professions graduates from CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice is $9,500.

Students who finish Legal Professions program at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice go on to a range of careers. Here are the highest-paying careers for Legal Professions majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation Nationwide Median Wage
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers $137,571
Paralegals and Legal Assistants $134,350
Judicial Law Clerks $132,226
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators $93,794
Law Teachers, Postsecondary $91,726
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates $84,793
Legal Support Workers, All Other $80,735
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners $76,955
Lawyers $73,181
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers $67,272

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