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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Delgado Community College

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

Delgado Community College is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 13,251 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.

Delgado Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Delgado Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Delgado Community College offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

Delgado Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Delgado Community College

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

Delgado Community College Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

73% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

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Delgado Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in criminal justice graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 28
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 LA, the home state for Delgado Community College.

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,810 $41,550
Accountants and Auditors 10,390 $66,860
Managers 9,790 $87,080
Correctional Officers and Jailers 7,890 $34,370
Computer Workers 4,050 $66,600

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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