Criminal Justice & Police Science at Fox Valley Technical College

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

FVTC is located in Appleton, Wisconsin and approximately 11,711 students attend the school each year.

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.

FVTC Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Police Science (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Police Science

Online Classes Are Available at FVTC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? FVTC offers distance education options for police science at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

FVTC Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

Police Science Student Demographics at FVTC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Fox Valley Technical College.

FVTC Criminal Justice & Police Science Associate’s Program

38% Women

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of police science associate's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in police science only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at FVTC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in police science at FVTC are white. Around 85% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	62
International Students	0
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 WI, the home state for Fox Valley Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	11,260	$62,040
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	1,280	$76,590
Private Detectives and Investigators	270	$43,790
Bailiffs	190	$31,320
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors	180	$72,160

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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