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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Elgin Community College

Criminal Justice & Police Science at Elgin Community College

Every criminal justice & police science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the police science program at Elgin Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

ECC is located in Elgin, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,882.

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

ECC Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Police Science

ECC Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at ECC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Elgin Community College.

ECC Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

39% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 61% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at ECC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

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ECC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in police science graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 8
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Police Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in police science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Elgin Community College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 30,370 $75,720
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 2,940 $87,470
Bailiffs 1,550 $57,220
Private Detectives and Investigators 860 $60,630
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 600 $62,280

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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