Criminal Justice & Corrections at LaGuardia Community College

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

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and approximately 16,971 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice & Corrections section at the bottom of this page.

LaGuardia Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

LaGuardia Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at LaGuardia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at LaGuardia Community College.

LaGuardia Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

52% Women

90% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from LaGuardia Community College with a associate's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	84
White	10
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

If you plan to be a criminal justice major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from LaGuardia Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice	235

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 LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	53,560	$74,860
Correctional Officers and Jailers	35,460	$64,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	28,530	$58,050
Managers	16,600	$124,160

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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