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Criminal Justice & Police Science at Grand Canyon University

Criminal Justice & Police Science at Grand Canyon University

What traits are you looking for in a police science school? To help you decide if Grand Canyon University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's police science program.

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and has a total student population of 103,427.

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.

Grand Canyon University Criminal Justice & Police Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science

Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon University

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.

Grand Canyon University does offer online education options in police science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Grand Canyon University Criminal Justice & Police Science Rankings

The police science major at Grand Canyon University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Criminal Justice & Police Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Police Science Student Demographics at Grand Canyon University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the police science majors at Grand Canyon University.

Grand Canyon University Criminal Justice & Police Science Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of police science bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical police science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Grand Canyon University since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its police science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Grand Canyon University with a bachelor's in police science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 29
Hispanic or Latino 102
White 115
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 34

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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 11,320 $64,640
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 5,810 $81,810
Private Detectives and Investigators 380 $53,680
Bailiffs 290 $34,500
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Professors 120 $62,550

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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