Criminal Justice at LaGuardia Community College

What traits are you looking for in a criminal justice school? To help you decide if LaGuardia Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's criminal justice program.

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and has a total student population of 16,971.

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.

LaGuardia Criminal Justice Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

LaGuardia Criminal Justice 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 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. The typical associate's degree program in criminal justice only graduates about 45% men each year. The program at LaGuardia may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 35% 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

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
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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