Forensic Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

If you are interested in studying forensic psychology, you may want to check out the program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

John Jay is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 15,766.

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

John Jay Forensic Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Forensic Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology

John Jay Forensic Psychology Rankings

The forensic psychology major at John Jay is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Forensic Psychology. 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.

Forensic Psychology Student Demographics at John Jay

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

John Jay Forensic Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of forensic psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical forensic psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at John Jay since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its forensic psychology 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 forensic psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	48
Black or African American	69
Hispanic or Latino	250
White	122
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

John Jay Forensic Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of forensic psychology master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in forensic psychology each year. John Jay does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a forensic psychology master's degree from John Jay, 54% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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 forensic psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	67
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

Careers That Forensic Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in forensic psychology 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
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

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