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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Dutchess Community College

Criminal Justice & Corrections at Dutchess Community College

If you plan to study criminal justice & corrections, take a look at what Dutchess Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

DCC is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and approximately 8,034 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.

DCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

DCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at DCC

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

DCC Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

39% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 61% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 39% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Dutchess Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice & Police Science 69

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 Dutchess 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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